2017年2月8日星期三

tyrant, Methodist, self-government, bunker, führer, bunker-busting

The Farm Belt is hurtling toward a milestone: Soon there will be fewer than two million farms in America for the first time since pioneers moved westward after the Louisiana Purchase.

The Next American Farm Bust Is Upon Us

A shrinking role in the global grain market coupled with a strong dollar and higher costs for seeds is driving U.S. farmers out of business, all while bunkers are overflowing with supply.

WSJ.COM|由 JESSE NEWMAN AND PATRICK MCGROARTY | PHOTOGRAPHS BY JESSE NEWMAN 上傳

Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after,
And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;
He knew human folly like the back of his hand,
And was greatly interested in armies and fleets;
When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter,
And when he cried the little children died in the streets.
-- W.H. Auden, Epitaph on a Tyrant

The New York Times leads with news that President Bush rebuffed a secret request by Israel last year for "bunker-busting" bombs, with which it planned to attack Iran's nuclear complex. The Bush administration had approved covert operations against Iran, but feared more direct attacks would be counterproductive.

Both the film and the book are part of a rising interest in Germany in war history and follows on the heels of similar war films like "The Downfall," an account of the last days in Adolf Hitler's Berlin bunker, and Tom Cruise's upcoming movie on Claus von Stauffenberg, who led a plot to assassinate the Fuehrer.

Mr. Bush, who said he’s going to put a “Freedom Institute” in his presidential library, told reporters at a press conference with Mr. Brown that “one of the things that I will leave behind is a multilateralism to deal with tyrants, so problems can be solved diplomatically.” W. confessed only to “hopeless idealism” on Iraq and Afghanistan.
He said “history will judge whether or not, you know, more troops were needed earlier, troops could have been positioned here better or not.” But going in, he said, was right despite the “doubters.” “There is some who say that perhaps freedom is not universal,” he asserted, adding that he rejected as elitist the notion that “maybe it’s only, you know, white-guy Methodists who are capable of self-government.”
If there’s one thing W. and Cheney have proved, beyond a sliver of a shadow of a doubt, it’s that at least two white-guy Methodists are not capable of self-government. 這將伊拉克等地的"自治" 轉罵英美兩國領導人的"行為不檢或無"自制"能力"

Op-Ed Columnist
American President Pleads Guilty to Hopeless Idealism

By MAUREEN DOWD

Published: June 18, 2008

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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: Methodism

Protestant religious movement originated by John Wesley in 18th-century England. Wesley, an Anglican clergyman, underwent an epiphany in 1738 in which he felt an assurance of personal salvation, and he soon began open-air preaching. Methodism began as a movement to revitalize the Church of England and did not formally break with the church until 1795. The Methodists' well-organized system of church government combined a strong central authority with effective local organization and the employment of lay preachers. Especially successful among the working class in industrial areas, the movement expanded rapidly in the 19th century. The Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in the U.S. in 1784, and Methodist circuit riders won many followers on the frontier. British and U.S. missionaries have since spread Methodism throughout the world. Methodist doctrine emphasizes the power of the Holy Spirit, the need for a personal relationship with God, simplicity of worship, and concern for the underprivileged.

tyrant

[名]
1 暴君，専制君主.
2 暴君のような人，強圧的に支配する人
- My boss is a real tyrant.
- 私の上司はまったくの暴君です.
3 （古代ギリシャの）僭主(せんしゅ).

［古フランス語←ギリシャ語týrannos（君主）］

Methodists

n. (名詞 noun)

(古代)方法醫學派醫生
(基督教)循道宗教徒
(m-)墨守成規者

a. (形容詞 adjective)

循道宗教義的
循道宗教徒的

methodist

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n. (名詞 noun)

宗教上嚴守教規的人
(M-)【宗】衛理公會派教徒

a. (形容詞 adjective)

衛理公會教徒的

self-government Show phonetics
noun [U]
the control of a country or an area by the people living there, or the control of an organization by a group of people independent of central or local government:
The poll showed that 80% of the population supported regional self-government.

self-governing Show phonetics
adjective
self-governing trusts/schools

bunker (SHELTER)
noun [C]
a shelter, usually underground, that has strong walls to protect the people inside it from bullets and bombsA bunker buster is a bomb designed to penetrate hardened targets or targets buried deep underground.