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Rescue Plan, With Fine Print, Dazzles Wall Street

By JACKIE CALMES

Published: March 23, 2009

WASHINGTON — This time President Obama directed some of the stagecraft. This time Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner fleshed out the substance of their long-anticipated program to remove banks’ toxic assets and revive the financial system. And this time the reaction was widely positive, giving the embattled Mr. Geithner a critically needed boost.

Strike a Pose? Oh, There's Definitely Something to It
Her bag: a custom-bedazzled Swarovski clutch. Her earrings: Neil Lane's swingy, sparkly shoulder-dusters.
(By Suzanne D'Amato, The Washington Post)


Roche Holding is planning to hold a European roadshow next week for a bond issue to help the Swiss drugmaker fund its planned buyout of Genentech, Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the situation.

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Microsoft has no plans to raise its $44.6 billion bid to acquire Yahoo, people close to the software titan said. The company's strategists argue that Yahoo's recent roadshow failed to dazzle investors.



roadshow Show phonetics
noun [C]
a group of people who travel around the country in order to give shows for public entertainment, or the show itself:
The roadshow is coming to town.

dazzle Show phonetics
verb
1 [T] If light dazzles you, it makes you unable to see for a short time:
I was dazzled by the sunlight.

2 [T usually passive] If you are dazzled by someone or something, you think they are extremely good and exciting:
I was dazzled by his charm and good looks.

dazzling Show phonetics
adjective
1 A dazzling light is so bright that you cannot see for a short time after looking at it:
a dazzling white light

2 extremely attractive or exciting:
dazzling good looks
a dazzling smile
a dazzling performance/display

dazzlingly Show phonetics
adverb
a dazzlingly inventive author

show (PUBLIC EVENT) Show phonetics
noun [C]
an event at which a group of related things are available for the public to look at:
a fashion/flower show
There were some amazing new cars at the motor show.
They put on a retrospective show of his work at the National Museum of American Art.
See also airshow; peepshow; roadshow; showjumping; sideshow.

show Show phonetics
verb showed, shown
1 [T] to make an artist's work available for the public to see:
Our aim is to make it easier for young unknown artists to show their work.

2 [I or T] If a cinema or a television station shows a film or programme, or if a film or programme is showing somewhere, you can see it there:
It's the first time this film has been shown on British television.
Now showing at a cinema near you!

showing Show phonetics
noun [C]
an opportunity for the public to see something:
This is the film's first showing on British television.

show (ACTIVITY) Show phonetics
noun [U] INFORMAL
an activity, business or organization, considered in relation to who is managing it:
Who will run the show when Meg retires?
The wedding is their show - let them do it their way.

show was found in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary at the entries listed below.

• show (MAKE SEEN)
• show (NOTICEABLE)
• show (FAIL TO HIDE)
• show (MAKE AWARE)
• show (LEAD)
• show (RECORD)
• show (EXPLAIN)
• show (PROVE)
• show (EXPRESS)
• show (ARRIVE)
• show (PUBLIC EVENT)
• show (ENTERTAINMENT)
• show (FALSE APPEARANCE)
• show (ACTIVITY)

Stagecraft is a generic term referring to the technical aspects of theatrical, film, and video production. It includes, but is not limited to, constructing and rigging scenery, hanging and focusing of lighting, design and procurement of costumes, makeup, and recording and mixing of sound. Stagecraft is considered a technical rather than an artistic field as the focus of stagehands is usually on the practical implementation of a designer's artistic vision.

法國導演毛筆秀 真是了得

■法國導演羅宏巴提亞為「羅浮宮謎情」來台宣傳，獻出處男「毛筆秀」。 （記者曹玉玲攝）

記者曹玉玲／台北報導

法國導演羅宏巴提亞為首部劇情長片「羅浮宮謎情」來台宣傳，片商端出臺灣人過年愛吃的零嘴，他看到瓜子竟以為是「咖啡豆」，看到魷魚絲以為是「薑」，相當逗趣，親切的他還獻出了處男「毛筆秀」，親手畫了一隻老鼠並簽上名，向台灣觀眾拜年！

「羅浮宮謎情」以18世紀法國知名畫家華鐸的畫作為主軸，揭露一段不為人知的神秘戀情，羅宏說拍片最困難的不是去找華鐸的真跡，而是要請人畫一幅偽畫，結果1名義大利畫家共花了6個月，以近3萬歐元（約台幣143萬）的代價才完成，搞得雙方都精疲力竭。

當初拍片他籌募資金不易，得知台灣有片商願意發行，他感動不已，前晚抵達時，法國在台協會代表帶他去吃台菜、喝酒，讓他直說對台灣印象超好，他很喜歡王家衛的「花樣年華」，但因為忙拍片，已有3、4年沒進戲院看電影了。

bedazzle

tr.v., -zled, -zling, -zles.

1. To dazzle so completely as to make blind.
2. To please irresistibly; enchant.

bedazzlement be·daz'zle·ment n.

The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: to cause someone to lose clear vision, esp. from intense light
Synonyms: dazzle, dazen.


clutch

1. A hand, claw, talon, or paw in the act of grasping.
2. A tight grasp.
3. Control or power. Often used in the plural: caught in the clutches of sin.
4. A device for gripping and holding.
5. 1. Any of various devices for engaging and disengaging two working parts of a shaft or of a shaft and a driving mechanism.
   2. The apparatus, such as a lever or pedal, that activates one of these devices.
6. A tense, critical situation: came through in the clutch.
7. A clutch bag.