paternalistic, heat-parched backdro/ pawnbroker

Sayonara, salaryman

Once the cornerstone of the economy, the paternalistic relationship between Japan's companies and their salaried employees is crumbling

Australia to ban alcohol for Aborigines

Australia has said it will ban alcohol and pornography in Aboriginal communities across the country's vast Northern Territory to combat widespread child sexual abuse. Prime Minister John Howard described the plight of Aboriginal children as a "national emergency".

The measures are a response to a Northern Territory government report last week that found rampant child abuse fuelled by alcohol abuse in Aboriginal communities. Some Aboriginal leaders have criticised the measures as paternalistic. Aborigines are the country's poorest
community, with a much lower life expectancy and higher rates of infant mortality and domestic violence than the rest of the population. (6/22/07)

On the Cover of the Sunday Book Review

'Beautiful Children'

By CHARLES BOCK
Reviewed by LIESL SCHILLINGER

Charles Bock, the son of Las Vegas pawnbrokers, has written a first novel that brings together the intersecting lives of parents and adolescents, strippers and pornographers, runaways and addicts — all against the neon-lit, heat-parched backdrop of Nevada.

• First Chapter

pa・ter・nal

━━ a. 父（方）の; 父らしい, 父親のような; 父譲りの; 温情主義の.
pa・ter・nal・ism　━━ n. （政治・雇用関係の）父子主義; 温情主義; 干渉政治.
pa・ter・nal・ist　━━ a., n. 温情主義の［者］.
pa・ter・nal・is・tic　━━ a.
pa・ter・nal・ly　━━ ad.

paternalism Show phonetics
noun [U] USUALLY DISAPPROVING
an attitude of people in authority which results in them making decisions for other people which are often beneficial but which prevent those people from taking responsibility for their own lives

paternalist Show phonetics
noun [C] USUALLY DISAPPROVING

paternalistic Show phonetics
adjective MAINLY DISAPPROVING

BRIEFING: Employment in Japan

back・drop

垂れ幕; 背景.

pawnbroker

Main Entry:

pawn·bro·ker 

Pronunciation:

\ˈpȯn-ˌbrō-kər, ˈpän-\

noun 質屋.

: one who lends money on the security of personal property pledged in his keeping

parched

Main Entry:

parched 

Pronunciation:

\ˈpärcht\

Function:

adjective

Date:

circa 1552

: deprived of natural moisture; also : thirsty