A Stern Line on Race and Politics

想競選總統，。就必須把許多敏感問題交代定位清楚。這在英文用 a stern line表示：靠碼頭的船尾要對齊岸上定點

stern

n. the rearmost part of a ship or boat: he stood at the stern of the yacht.

Stern Line - A docking line leading from the stern.

Definition: A line that runs from the aft end of a boat to a fixed object for the purpose of securing the boat to a mooring.

紐約時報：A Stern Line on Race and Politics

By MICHAEL POWELL 38 minutes ago

More than any other Republican running for president, Rudolph W. Giuliani has confronted the question of race, that most torturous of American legacies.