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Thanks to Facebook and other social networks, workers have many more opportunities to broadcast their opinions

Social media are blurring boundaries

ECONOMIST.COM

Companies are increasingly worried about what their employees say

Trade relations cannot be separated from hard questions about whether America and China are partners, rivals or foes


ECONOMIST.COM
Trade can no longer anchor America’s relationship with China
The world should be worried about that

Robert Reich

Months ago, Jeb Bush said he wouldn’t use the term “anchor baby” to describe children born on U.S. soil to parents here illegally. Then last week, after Donald Trump used it, Bush said he didn’t find the term offensive. On Monday, Bush defended his turnaround by saying the term was "frankly, more related to Asian people." Yesterday, Trump mocked Bush "In a clumsy move to get out of his 'anchor babies' dilemma, where he signed that he would not use the term and now uses it, he blamed ASIANS," Trump tweeted.

So this is what the Republican presidential debate has come to? At a time when the wages of most Americans are flat or dropping, when a higher percentage of America's children are in poverty than in 20 years, when the richest Americans are sopping up more of the nation’s income and wealth than in living memory, when our democracy is overwhelmed by big money, when America (as well as the rest of the planet) is already suffering from climate change, when much of the Middle East is under the tyranny of fanatics intent on returning it to the middle ages, and when racism is still rampant in the land – Republicans choose to focus the public’s attention on “anchor babies.”

The good news is Bernie Sanders is focusing public attention where it should be focused. Hillary Clinton – when not ducking brickbats over her emails – is trying to have a serious national conversation over student loans as well as corporate incentives. And it looks increasingly as if Joe Biden will enter the race, providing, one hopes, additional focus on the real problems of America.

Some of you still see no difference between Republicans and Democrats. I think you’re wrong.
Your view?

加州聖拉菲爾, 2月27日 /美通社-PR Newswire/ -- 歐特克公司 (Autodesk) 已經委任 Cochlear Ltd 旗下部門、開發和制定可植入聽力解決方案領域的全球領導者 Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions 作為其2009年2月的 Inventor of the Month。


紐約時報

Lives and a Georgia Community’s Anchor Are Lost
By SHAILA DEWAN
Four bodies had been found and four more workers were missing after an explosion at a sugar refinery in Georgia.



opinionated anchors

Palin to Give Interview to ABC This Week
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, has agreed to her first interview since last month, with ABC News anchor Charles Gibson later this week, the network and Sen. John McCain's campaign said yesterday.
(By Anne E. Kornblut, The Washington Post)



MSNBC Drops Olbermann, Matthews as News Anchors
MSNBC is removing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as the anchors of live political events, bowing to growing criticism that they are too opinionated to be seen as neutral in the heat of the presidential campaign.
(By Howard Kurtz, The Washington Post)

opinion 
noun
1 [C] a thought or belief about something or someone:
What's your opinion about/on the matter?
People tend to have strong opinions on capital punishment.
He didn't express/give an opinion on the matter.
Who, in your opinion, (= Who do you think) is the best football player in the world today?
He's very much of the opinion that alternative medicine is a waste of time.

2 [U] the thoughts or beliefs that a group of people have:
Eventually, the government will have to take notice of public opinion.
There is a diverse range of opinion on the issue.
There was a difference of opinion as to the desirability of the project.
Opinion is divided as to whether the treatment actually works.
Both performances were excellent, it's simply a matter of opinion as to whose was better.

3 [C] a judgment about someone or something:
Her opinion of Adam changed after he'd been so helpful at the wedding.
She has a good/high opinion of his abilities (= thinks he is good).
I have a rather bad/low/poor opinion of my sister's boyfriend (= I do not like or approve of him).
He has a very high opinion of himself (= thinks he is very skilled/clever in a way that is annoying).

4 [C] a judgment made by an expert:
My doctor has referred me to a specialist for a second opinion on the results of my blood test.

opinionated
adjective DISAPPROVING
describes someone who is certain about what they think and believe, and who expresses their ideas strongly and often:
He was opinionated and selfish, but undeniably clever.

 o・pin・ion

  
━━ n. 意見; （普通pl.） 所信; 世論; 評価; 専門家の意見, 鑑定.
 act up to one's opinions　所信を実行する.
 be of (the) opinion that　…と信じる.
 have a good [bad] opinion of　…をよく［悪く］思う; …を信用する［しない］.
 in [according to] my opinion　私としては.
 o・pin・ion・at・ed
　⇒opinion
 o・pin・ion・a・tive
　━━ a. 自説を固持する, 独断的な.
 opinion leader　オピニオン・リーダー ((他の人の意思決定に影響力をもつ立場にある人)).
 opinion poll　世論調査.

anchor (ăng'kər) 
n.

1. Nautical. A heavy object attached to a vessel by a cable or rope and cast overboard to keep the vessel in place either by its weight or by its flukes, which grip the bottom.
2. A rigid point of support, as for securing a rope.
3. A source of security or stability.
4. Sports.
   1. An athlete, usually the strongest member of a team, who performs the last stage of a relay race or other competition.
   2. The person at the end of a tug-of-war team.
5. An anchorperson.

v., -chored, -chor·ing, -chors. v.tr.

1. To hold fast by or as if by an anchor. See synonyms at fasten.
2. Sports. To serve as an anchor for (a team or competition).
3. To narrate or coordinate (a newscast).
4. To provide or form an anchor store for: Two major stores anchor each end of the shopping mall.

v.intr.
Nautical. To drop anchor or lie at anchor.

[Middle English anker, ancher, from Old English ancor, from Latin ancora, anchora, from Greek ankura.]

anchor (BROADCASTER)
noun [C] MAINLY 主播
an anchorman or anchorwoman


anchor (WEIGHT)
noun [C]
1 a heavy metal object, usually shaped like a cross with curved arms, on a strong rope or chain, which is dropped from a boat into the water to prevent the boat from moving away:
We dropped anchor (= lowered the anchor into the water) and stopped.It was time to weigh anchor (= pull up the anchor and sail away).

2 someone or something that gives support when needed:
She was my anchor when things were difficult for me.
This treaty has been called the anchor (= strongest part) of their foreign policy.

anchor 
verb 1 [I or T] to lower an anchor into the water in order to stop a boat from moving away
2 [T] to make something or someone stay in one position by fastening them firmly:
We anchored ourselves to the rocks with a rope.


anchor (BROADCASTER)
noun [C] MAINLY US
an anchorman or anchorwoman
anchorage
noun [C or U]
The bay is well-known as a safe anchorage (= place to anchor).
The anchorage point (= fixing point) for the seat belt is not adjustable.

━━ n. 錨(いかり); 頼みの綱, 力となるもの; （リレーの）最終走者 （～man）; ＝anchorperson. at anchor　停泊して. bring … to (an) anchor　…を停泊［定着］させる. cast [drop] anchor　投錨(びょう)する; （ある所に）落ち着く. come to (an) anchor　停泊する; 定着する. drag anchor　（錨を引きずって）漂流する. let go the anchor　錨を下ろす. weigh [up] anchor　抜錨［出帆］する.━━ v. 投錨［停泊］する. anchor one's hope in [on]　…に望みをかける.

an・chor・age　━━ n. 投錨; 停泊（地，税）; 頼みの綱.

anchor・man　（リレーの）最終走［泳］者; しんがり; 学業成績がびりの卒業生; ＝anchorperson.
anchor・person　（pl. anchor・people） アンカーパーソン ((総合司会責任者)).
anchor tenant　（ショッピングセンターで集客力のある）アンカーテナント.

anchor・woman　女性のanchorperson.