By BEPPE SEVERGNINI
It’s too easy to forget that this is a stunning but shaky land.
Pregnant Chinese moms are flocking stateside to give birth, lured by rules that grant American citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil.
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For Marvel Comics, a Renewed Digital Mission
By BROOKS BARNES
Comic books went digital long ago, but Marvel Comics upped the ante significantly by unveiling a superhero-size slate of mobile and online initiatives.
North Texas school district is slated to build one of the most expensive high school stadiums in the United States.
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Dell Studio One 19: All-in-One Stunner Takes Japan
PC World - USAIt's just a shame that Japan retailers get to play with the Studio One 19 this week while it isn't slated to appear stateside until "sometime this spring. ...
Last Inspection: Precise Ritual of Dressing Nation's War Dead
By JAMES DAO
At the Dover Port Mortuary, where the bodies of service members are
brought to be prepared for funeral, no detail is too small, whether the
coffin is closed or the body slated for cremation.
BEFORE WE LOOK BACK: Let's look forward. The final presidential debate is less than a week away. The two men will square off for a third time this month at a debate on foreign policy in Boca Raton, Fla. The event is slated to follow the same format as the first debate, with the moderator focusing on facilitating a more free-wheeling back-and-forth than was on display during last night's more segmented town hall event. As you'll probably remember, the less-defined format wasn't without its flaws the first time around.
THE Japanese phrase genchi genbutsu translates as “go to the spot” — in other words, “see it for yourself.” Few executives embrace that philosophy as completely as Akio Toyoda, who is slated to become the next president of the Toyota Motor Corporation.slate (CHOOSE) Show phonetics
verb [T] US
to be expected to happen in the future or to be expected to be or do something in the future:
[+ to infinitive] Geoff is slated to be the next captain of the football team.
The election is slated for (= the chosen day is) next Thursday.
"Here was a white Frenchman who audaciously proclaimed himself the 13th “Baker,” after having attached his life to Josephine – the famous African American superstar and expatriate – in her declining years as a chargé d’affaires, and who became the stateside guardian of her legacy, collecting materials, keeping her in the public eye, writing a searching memoir of her life, and, in the end, making it possible for others to write on the same subject."
slate Show phonetics
noun [C] US
the group of people who are chosen by a particular party to take part in an election:
The senator has not got a full slate of delegates in New York.
slatetr.v., slat·ed, slat·ing, slates.
The title of Schiller's poem An Freude is literally translated as "To Joy", but is normally called the "Ode to Joy". It was written in 1785 and first published the following year in the poet's own literary journal, Thalia. Beethoven had made plans to set this poem to music as far back as 1793, when he was 22 years old.
stunning
adj.
adjective
extremely beautiful or attractive:
a stunning dress
a stunning view over the bay of Saint Tropez
See also stunning at stun (SHOCK).
stunningly
adverb
a stunningly beautiful/attractive woman
stunner
noun [C] OLD-FASHIONED INFORMAL
a person or thing which is very beautiful, especially a woman:
The new administrator in accounts is a real stunner.
slate (CHOOSE)
verb [T] US
to be expected to happen in the future or to be expected to be or do something in the future:
[+ to infinitive] Geoff is slated to be the next captain of the football team.
The election is slated for (= the chosen day is) next Thursday.
slate
noun [C] US
the group of people who are chosen by a particular party to take part in an election:
The senator has not got a full slate of delegates in New York.
stateside
adj. & adv. informal of, in, or toward the U.S. (used in reference to the U.S. from elsewhere or from the geographically separate states of Alaska and Hawaii): they were headed stateside.
a stateside job
Some girls dream of finding an American husband to transport them stateside (= to the United States).
noun [C] US
the group of people who are chosen by a particular party to take part in an election:
The senator has not got a full slate of delegates in New York.
slatetr.v., slat·ed, slat·ing, slates.
- To cover (a roof, for example) with slate.
- To put on a list of candidates.
- To schedule or designate: Our professor has slated the art history lecture for Thursday afternoon; was slated to direct the studio's next film.
slate[slate]
- 発音記号[sléit]
[名]
2 [U]スレート色, 濃い青灰色.
3 ((米))候補者名簿.
4 《映画》カチンコ.
a clean ［a blank］ slate
一点の曇りもない経歴［状態］；白紙の状態.
have a slate loose
((主に英))少し頭がおかしい.
wipe the slate clean/wipe off the slate
過去の事を帳消しにする, 水に流す.
━━[動](他)
1 〈屋根を〉スレート（のような材料）でふく.
2 ((通例受身))((米))
(1) …を候補者名簿に載せる, （…の）候補者に立てる((for ...)).
(2) 〈事を〉（ある時に）予定する((for ...))；〈人を〉（…させる）予定である, …を計画する((to do))
(1) …を候補者名簿に載せる, （…の）候補者に立てる((for ...)).
(2) 〈事を〉（ある時に）予定する((for ...))；〈人を〉（…させる）予定である, …を計画する((to do))
3 ((英略式))…を（…の理由で）激しく批評する, きびしく罰する((for ...)).
［中フランス語esclate （esclat木端＋-e女性名詞語尾）△SLAT1］
slát・er
[名]スレート職人.The title of Schiller's poem An Freude is literally translated as "To Joy", but is normally called the "Ode to Joy". It was written in 1785 and first published the following year in the poet's own literary journal, Thalia. Beethoven had made plans to set this poem to music as far back as 1793, when he was 22 years old.
stunning
adj.
- Causing or capable of causing emotional shock or loss of consciousness.
- Of a strikingly attractive appearance.
- Impressive: gave a stunning performance.
- Surprising: The President's final decision came with stunning suddenness.
adjective
extremely beautiful or attractive:
a stunning dress
a stunning view over the bay of Saint Tropez
See also stunning at stun (SHOCK).
stunningly
adverb
a stunningly beautiful/attractive woman
stunner
noun [C] OLD-FASHIONED INFORMAL
a person or thing which is very beautiful, especially a woman:
The new administrator in accounts is a real stunner.
verb [T] US
to be expected to happen in the future or to be expected to be or do something in the future:
[+ to infinitive] Geoff is slated to be the next captain of the football team.
The election is slated for (= the chosen day is) next Thursday.
slate
noun [C] US
the group of people who are chosen by a particular party to take part in an election:
The senator has not got a full slate of delegates in New York.
stateside
adj. & adv. informal of, in, or toward the U.S. (used in reference to the U.S. from elsewhere or from the geographically separate states of Alaska and Hawaii): they were headed stateside.
a stateside job
Some girls dream of finding an American husband to transport them stateside (= to the United States).
Definition of slate
nounverb
[with object]Derivatives
slaty
adjective
adjective
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