essential, skirmish, launch, showdown, disagreement.The President is preparing for a showdown with his advisers over his plans to reform the economy.

What's essential amid an epidemic? In France, pastry and wine. In the U.S., golf and guns

The coronavirus pandemic is defining for the globe what is "essential" and what things people really can't do without even though they might not need them for survival. Attempting to slow the spread of the ...

One key Sloan concept: Disagreement is essential.

Are we finding out more about how people are going to access the essential services exempt from the lockdown?

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As increasing numbers of schools in New York share buildings, education officials say the benefits of small schools are worth the skirmishes over space.

A schoolyard skirmish that started nearly two years ago between The Children's Place and its former chief executive, Ezra Dabah, is heating up ahead of a crucial shareholder vote next month over control of the clothing retailer.


In other words, the browser war — the skirmish that landed Microsoft in antitrust trouble in the ’90s — is heating up again.
“The typical browser for today’s consumer doesn’t look all that different than it did 10 years ago,” said Larry Cheng, a partner at Fidelity Ventures, one of the firms that invested in Flock, a browser start-up. “That is an unsustainable trend that is the launching point for the second browser war, which will not be won by monopolistic muscle but by innovation.”

As the relay approached, thousands were lining the route and several scuffles broke out between pro- and anti-China forces. Outside the stadium, pro-Chinese groups surrounded and taunted a small group of people holding a Tibetan flag, ripping the banner from their hands and chanting “Liar, liar, liar.” Similar skirmishes were reported at the planned site of the closing ceremony at Justin Herman Plaza in downtown San Francisco.
All of which apparently helped convince city officials that a peaceful march along the water was not going to be possible. Shortly after the flame’s lighting, it was taken into a waterfront warehouse, and the game of cat-and-mouse began.
After its run along the water, the flame was taken to the airport, where a small closing ceremony was to be held.
Mr. Newsom defended his and the police department’s decision, but said he expected to be criticized it anyway. “There were no major arrest, no international incidents,” he said. “Just a lot of hurt feelings.”

Matt Richtel, Neil MacFarquhar and Carolyn Marshall contributed reporting.

But not just any spoons: This high-tech cutlery is aimed at people with essential tremors and Parkinson’s disease and, according to the company, can reduce shaking of the spoon bowl by an average of 76%.

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本態性振戦（ほんたいせいしんせん）は、原因不明の不随意な律動的な体の動きを起こす疾患である。

skirmish 
noun [C]
1 a fight between a small number of soldiers which is usually short and not planned, and which happens away from the main area of fighting in a war

2 a short argument:
There was a short skirmish between the political party leaders when the government announced it was to raise taxes.

skirmish
verb [I]

skirmisher
noun [C]

launch (BEGIN)
verb [I or T]
to begin something such as a plan or introduce something new such as a product:
The scheme was launched a year ago.
The airline will launch its new transatlantic service next month.
A devastating attack was launched on the rebel stronghold.
[+ adverb or preposition] UK After working for the company for several years she decided to launch out on her own and set up in business.

launch
noun [C]
an event to celebrate or introduce something new:
How much champagne will we need for the launch?
Illness prevented her attending the launch party for her latest novel

show-down 在撲克牌戲指最後將牌面翻上放到牌桌，決賽。在20世紀1904年才開始用在對決-攤牌之意義。

The noun showdown has one meaning:
Meaning #1: a hostile disagreement face-to-face
Synonyms: confrontation, encounter
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showdown noun [C]
an important argument which is intended to end a disagreement that has existed for a long time:
The President is preparing for a showdown with his advisers over his plans to reform the economy.


Millions of dollars were spent on lawyers in a courtroom showdown between the two companies.

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)


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The UK and Russia could be facing a diplomatic showdown following the latter's refusal to extradite the chief suspect in the murder in the UK of Alexander Litvinenko, the former KGB officer.
英國和俄羅斯可能會面臨一場外交攤牌。此前，俄羅斯拒絕引渡前KGB官員亞歷山大•利特維年科(Alexander Litvinenko)在英國被謀殺一案的主嫌。



essential

adj.

1. Constituting or being part of the essence of something; inherent.
2. Basic or indispensable; necessary: essential ingredients. See synonyms at indispensable.
3. Medicine. Of, relating to, or being a dysfunctional condition or a disease whose cause is unknown: essential hypertension.
4. Biochemistry. Being a substance that is required for normal functioning but cannot be synthesized by the body and therefore must be included in the diet: essential amino acids.

n.

1. Something fundamental.
2. Something necessary or indispensable.

essentiality es·sen'ti·al'i·ty (-shē-ăl'ĭ-tē) or es·sen'tial·ness n.
essentially es·sen'tial·ly adv.