The Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman has always preached the value of being prepared to pounce when there are bargains to be had. Has that time come?
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Charlie Munger: ‘The Phone Is Not Ringing Off the Hook’
Tonight's Art Moment is "Stonehenge" by Jasper Cropsey. This view of England's most famous prehistoric site is based on sketches Cropsey made during a tour of Europe 27 years earlier. The painting's warm palette and relatively loose brushwork create a moody, romantic glow. Stonehenge is part of a series Cropsey executed of Old World ruins, which remained popular subjects among 19th-century American collectors. Cropsey employed a technique called pouncing so that he could use drawings as guides for a painting. Tiny holes are pricked into the paper along the drawn lines and then the paper is placed over the canvas. The pricked drawing is rubbed with charcoal, leaving transferred dotted lines on the surface below. The remnants of Cropsey's method are only visible under infrared light. On view in Gallery 216.
"One is a world-famous Hollywood actor; the other a man with a learning disability. They met by chance and formed a warm, supportive friendship. Hugh Grant even turned up unannounced at his friend’s 40th birthday party in a village hall and arranged for him to fly to New York to appear as an extra in one of his movies. And now the two of them are set to act together on a London stage."
The
furor over Apple's faulty mapping software reached the Silicon Valley
company's highest echelons Friday, prompting an apology from Chief
Executive Tim Cook and opening the way for rival Google to capitalize on
the misstep.
"Our streets are bleeding, and they're bleeding profusely."
CHARLES H. RAMSEY, the police commissioner of Philadelphia, at a meeting on gun violence.
Obama Trumpets Killing of Bin Laden, and Critics Pounce
By PETER BAKER and MICHAEL D. SHEAR
Other presidents
have boasted of their toughness. But few have talked about the killing
of a single enemy in such an expansive way.
Hollande and Sarkozy Trade Insults as Runoff Nears
By STEVEN ERLANGER
With a week to go
before the incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy faces the Socialist candidate
François Hollande in a runoff, the French presidential campaign has
turned nastier.
If a phone rings off the hook, it rings (= makes a sound that lets you know someone is calling) constantly or very often.
ab extra, "From outside." Concerning a case, a person may have received some funding from a 3rd party. This funding may have been considered ab extra.
extra
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1 余分［特別］のもの；番外；景品，おまけ；補習授業.
2 チップ；割増［追加］料金，別勘定
3 （新聞の）号外，（雑誌の）増刊号；（テレビ・ラジオの）臨時ニュース（番組）.
4 極上［特等］品，特別優良製品.
5 臨時雇い（の人）；《映画》《テレビ》エキストラ.
6 ((通例～s))《クリケット》エキストラ：打球以外で得た点.
1 余分［特別］のもの；番外；景品，おまけ；補習授業.
2 チップ；割増［追加］料金，別勘定
3 （新聞の）号外，（雑誌の）増刊号；（テレビ・ラジオの）臨時ニュース（番組）.
4 極上［特等］品，特別優良製品.
5 臨時雇い（の人）；《映画》《テレビ》エキストラ.
6 ((通例～s))《クリケット》エキストラ：打球以外で得た点.
━━[副]
1 余分に，おまけに；割り増して
1 余分に，おまけに；割り増して
Attendance is charged extra.
サービス料は別に申し受けます.
2 特別［格別］にサービス料は別に申し受けます.
extra strong shoes
特別じょうぶな靴.
特別じょうぶな靴.
adj.
- Plentiful; copious.
- Giving or given freely and abundantly; extravagant: were profuse in their compliments.
[Middle English, lavish, from Latin profūsus, past participle of profundere, to pour forth : pro-, forth; see pro-1 + fundere, to pour.]
profusely pro·fuse'ly adv.profuseness pro·fuse'ness n.
SYNONYMS profuse, exuberant, lavish, lush, luxuriant, prodigal, riotous. These adjectives mean marked by unrestrained abundance: profuse apologies; an exuberant growth of moss; lavish praise; lush vegetation; luxuriant hair; a prodigal party giver; an artist's riotous use of color.
profuse[pro・fuse]
- 発音記号[prəfjúːs][形]
1 たくさんの, 豊富な, おびただしい, たっぷりの.
2 ((叙述))〈人が〉気前のよい, （…を）物惜しみしない((with, of, in ...))；（…の点で）金遣いの荒い((in ...))
be profuse with ［of］ one's money
金遣いが荒い.
金遣いが荒い.
3 〈もてなしなどが〉惜しみなくなされた；〈言い訳・謝辞などが〉やたらに多い, 過多な.
［ラテン語profūsus （prō-前へ＋fundere注ぐ＋-sus過去分詞語尾＝注ぎ出た）. △TRANSFUSE, CONFUSE, REFUND］
pro・fuse・ly
[副]
pro・fuse・ness
pounce
(pouns) 
v., pounced, pounc·ing, pounc·es. v.intr.
To seize with or as if with talons.
n.
[ MASS NOUN]
[ WITH OBJECT]
v., pounced, pounc·ing, pounc·es. v.intr.
- To spring or swoop with intent to seize someone or something: a cat that pounced on a mouse; watched the falcon pounce on the baby rabbit.
- To attack suddenly: irregular troops who pounced on the convoy at a narrow pass; a colleague who pounced on me because of a mistake in my report.
- To seize something swiftly and eagerly: pounce on an opportunity.
To seize with or as if with talons.
n.
- The act or an instance of pouncing.
- The talon or claw of a bird of prey.
[From Middle English, pointed tool, talon of a hawk, perhaps variant of ponson, pointed tool. See puncheon1.]
pouncer pounc'er n.pounce 2
NOUN
VERB
Origin
Late 16th century (as a verb): from French poncer, based on Latin pumex 'pumice'.
- (裏面に道具をあてがって)〈金属板などに〉打ち出し模様をつける，…の模様を浮き出させる(emboss).
- 2〈布などに〉小穴［目穴］をあける［つけて飾る］((out)).
draw someone out
expansive[ex・pan・sive]
- 発音記号[ikspǽnsiv][形]
1 膨張性［力］のある, 発展的な；〈機械などが〉膨張力によって働く
expansive materials
膨張性材料
膨張性材料
an expansive industry
発展性のある産業
発展性のある産業
the expansive pressure of steam
蒸気の膨張力.
蒸気の膨張力.
2
(1) 広々とした, 広範囲の, 多角的な
(1) 広々とした, 広範囲の, 多角的な
an expansive view of economics
経済状態の包括的な考察.
(2) 豊かな経済状態の包括的な考察.
expansive living
裕福な生活.
裕福な生活.
3 〈政策などが〉拡張主義的な.
4 〈性格・態度・言葉が〉大げさな；開放的な, 自由な, 打ち解けた, あけっぴろげな.
5 《心理学》誇大妄想(もうそう)的な.
ex・pan・sive・ly
[副]
ex・pan・sive・ness
[名]
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