Chips not only require secret ingredients but also highly skilled people who understand how to make the "recipes", writes Craig Addison.
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Is China a sucker for spending billions on foreign semiconductor equipment?
Last year, Chinese companies spent almost US$32 billion buying chip-making gear from foreign suppliers. Some of that money might have been better spent on R&D.
Obama: 'You're not a sucker to have integrity and to treat others with respect'
BY CRISTINA MARCOS - 10/25/19 02:14 PM EDT
Former President Obama praised the late Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) as a "kind" and "honorable" man who treated others well despite his position of power culminating as chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee.
Obama was among several top Democrats to eulogize Cummings, who died Oct. 17 at the age of 68, at a funeral service in Baltimore.
"He was never complacent, for he knew that without clarity of purpose and a steadfast faith and a dogged determination demanded by our liberty, the promise of this nation could wither. Complacency, he knew, was not only corrosive for our collective lives, but for our individual lives," Obama said to applause.
"There's nothing weak about kindness and compassion. There's nothing weak about looking out for others. There's nothing weak about being honorable. You're not a sucker to have integrity and to treat others with respect," Obama said. Some observers saw Obama's comments as an implicit criticism of President Trump.
"He was never complacent, for he knew that without clarity of purpose and a steadfast faith and a dogged determination demanded by our liberty, the promise of this nation could wither. Complacency, he knew, was not only corrosive for our collective lives, but for our individual lives," Obama said to applause.
"There's nothing weak about kindness and compassion. There's nothing weak about looking out for others. There's nothing weak about being honorable. You're not a sucker to have integrity and to treat others with respect," Obama said. Some observers saw Obama's comments as an implicit criticism of President Trump.
Showed Signs of Radicalization
Seifeddine Rezgui, the Tunisian student who shot 39 tourists at a seaside hotel on Friday, was a break-dancer in his youth but turned to extremism while in college.
"We know we can't breakdance our way out of poverty, but with breakdancing you feel that you can do anything." Nasir Jones presents the Real Hip-Hop
All this is fascinating enough as human drama (complemented by Sperber’s provision of a comprehensive reading of every Marx-related text — whether speeches, letters, articles, grocery bills or invoices — in a winningly informal, readable style). But it has extra value. For the act of reclaiming Marx as a man, and a man of his time, alters the way we understand his ideas. 假使把這些都當作人生種種奇遇，所有這一切都非常具有吸引力（再加之斯珀伯以一種迷人的、非正式的、可讀性強的風格，廣泛提供了和馬克思有關的各種 文本——無論是講話、書信、文章、雜貨賬單或發票。）但是這部傳記還有別的價值：它重新把馬克思塑造成了一個人，他所處的時代中的一個人，這改變了我們理 解其思想的方式。
A b-boy performing outside Faneuil Hall, Boston, MA, United States
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| Genre | Hip-hop dance |
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| Inventor | Street dancers from New York City |
| Year | 1970 |
B-boying or breaking, also called breakdancing, is a style of street dance that originated among African American and Latino youth, many former members of the Black Spades, the Young Spades, and the Baby Spades during the mid 1970s.
A practitioner of this dance is called a b-boy, b-girl, or breaker. Although the term "breakdance" is frequently used to refer to the dance in popular culture and in the more mainstream entertainment industry, "b-boying" and "breaking" are the original terms. These terms are preferred by the majority of the pioneers and most notable practitioners.[2][3]
Why is poker called poker?
The origin of the word Poker is also well debated. Most of the dictionaries and game historians say that it comes from an eighteenth-century French game, poque. However, there are other references to pochspiel, which is a German game. In pochspiel, there is an element of bluffing, where players would indicate whether they wanted to pass or open by rapping on the table and saying, "Ich Poche!" Some say it may even have derived come the Hindu word, pukka.
Yet another possible explanation for the word poker, is that it came from a version of an underworld slang word, "poke," a term used by pickpockets. Cardsharps who used the 20-card cheating game to relieve a sucker from his poke may have used that word among themselves, adding an r to make it "poker." The thought was that if the sharps used the word "poker" in front of their victims, those wise to the underworld slang would not surmise the change.
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"If you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you." — Paul Newman
The Madoff affair: Con of the century
There are no heroes in the Madoff story; only villains and suckers
- Informal.
- One who is easily deceived; a dupe.
- One that is indiscriminately attracted to something specified: “The nation's capital is a sucker for a symbolic gesture” (Jonathan Alter).
- Slang.
- An unspecified thing. Used as a generalized term of reference, often as an intensive: “our goal of getting that sucker on the air before old age took the both of us” (Linda Ellerbee).
- A person. Used as a generalized term of reference, often as an intensive: He's a mean sucker.
sucker (LIKING)
noun INFORMAL
be a sucker for sth to think that something is so persuasive or attractive that you cannot refuse it or judge its real value:
I have to confess I'm a bit of a sucker for musicals.
Quote
"I've always been a sucker for attention." — Cuba Gooding, Jr.
sucker (THING OR PERSON)
noun [C] US INFORMAL
used to refer to a thing or person that is unpleasant or difficult:
I've been working on that paper for weeks and almost have the sucker finished.
He's a nasty little sucker, isn't he?
n. (名詞 noun)
- 吮吸者
- 易受騙的人
- 【口】棒棒糖;吸管,吸盤
- 【魚】亞口魚;胭脂魚
他們詐取那個笨蛋的錢。
vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)
- 長出根出條;成為吸根
vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
- (為有利植物生長)從...除去吸根
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"I've always been a sucker for attention." — Cuba Gooding, Jr.
BLUFFING
Betting with a mediocre or drawing hand that could possibly improve because of the existence of various outs.
SoundPoker Says: If the bet gets everyone else to fold, it would be considered a bluff. However if it does not, the hand might still improve on the draw or on succeeding cards.
For example: You have a Jack of Hearts and a Ten of Hearts (Jh,Th) and the flop is Ace of Hearts, Queen of Spades, Seven of Hearts. (Ah, Qs, 7h).
Any Heart (for the flush) or King (for the straight) will give you a good hand. You have several outs which gives you a relatively decent chance of hitting a winning card on the turn. To raise the pot and intimidate your opponents it might be prudent to re-raise or check-raise as the odds are in your favor. Even if you miss on the turn there is still an opportunity to continue to bet as other players will hopefully feel threatened by your previous play.
B-boying - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-boying
B-boying or breaking, also called breakdancing, is a style of street dance that originated among African American and Latino youth, many former members of the
Definition of winning
adjective
noun
(winnings)Derivatives
fascinating
Pronunciation: /ˈfasɪneɪtɪŋ/
Definition of fascinating
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