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"The walls are going up all over Europe. In Hungary, they take the physical form of razor and barbed wire fences, like much of the old iron curtain. In France, Germany, Austria and Sweden, they are border controls temporarily reimposed. And everywhere there are the mind walls, growing higher by the day. Their psychological mortar mixes understandable fears with gross prejudice, stirred up by xenophobic politicians and irresponsible journalists."

Europe’s walls are going back up – it’s like 1989 in reverse

Once they tumbled down. Now barriers are being rebuilt literally,…

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Taiwan presidential rivals trade barbs in last debate

Jude Law in phone-hacking payout

Jude Law and Lord Prescott are among 37 people to receive payouts over phone hacking by the News of the World, the High Court hears.

Yahoo, Alibaba Move to Make Up

After trading barbs over the ownership transfer of Alibaba's online-payments business, Yahoo and Alibaba said they were trying to resolve their dispute.

barb

[名]

1 （釣り針・矢じりなどの）あご, かかり, さかとげ；（有刺鉄線の）とげ.

2 （…についての）辛らつな言葉, とげ（のある言葉）((about ...)).

3 《動物・植物》鉤(かぎ)状のもの；《鳥》羽枝(うし).

4 バーブ：コイ科の鑑賞魚.

5 のどと胸を覆う布. ▼昔は服喪中の女性が用いた. 今は修道女が用いる.

━━[動](他)〈釣り針・矢じりなどに〉あご［かかり］をつける.


(bärb) 
n.

1. A sharp point projecting in reverse direction to the main point of a weapon or tool, as on an arrow or fishhook.
2. A cutting remark.
3. Zoology. One of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather.
4. Botany. A short, sharply hooked bristle or hairlike projection.
5. See barbel¹.
6. Any of various Old World freshwater fishes of the genus Barbus or Puntius and related genera.
7. A linen covering for a woman's head, throat, and chin worn in medieval times.

tr.v., barbed, barb·ing, barbs.
To provide or furnish with a barb.

[Middle English barbe, from Old French, beard, from Latin barba.]

Google Shuts China Site in Dispute Over Censorship 
By MIGUEL HELFT and DAVID BARBOZA
Google said it would close its Web site based in mainland China and direct users to an uncensored version based in Hong Kong.

Paulson & Company's John Paulson jumped into the dispute over Dow Chemical's deal to buy Rohm and Haas, urging Dow to complete the acquisition and suggesting ways it could be financed.

An attorney for Dow told The Philadelphia Inquirer that the Haas family and other shareholders cared only about the huge payout, rather than the future of the company.

Fliers Win in EU Airline Payout Ruling

A fight over airline-passenger rights in Europe threatens to flare up in the wake of a ruling that puts pressure on carriers to compensate travelers delayed when planes are grounded for technical problems.
這判決可能對航空公司的經營管理起鞭策作用嗎

Disagreed about, in controversy. For example, This parcel of land is in dispute, claimed by several persons, or The origin of this phrase is in dispute. [Mid-1600s]
pay (sth) out (MONEY) phrasal verb [M]
to spend a lot of money on something, or to pay a lot of money to someone:
I've just paid out £500 on getting the car fixed.

payout Show phonetics
noun [C]
a large sum of money which is paid to someone:
With this insurance policy there is a maximum payout of £2500.

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TAIPEI (AFP) ― Taiwan's presidential election rivals traded accusations over the stuttering economy and relations with China as they faced off Sunday in ...
barb Show phonetics
noun [C]
1 the sharp part which points backwards from a fish hook or arrow, making it hard to remove it from something

2 a remark that is clever but cruel and hurtful:辛らつな言葉.
I tried to ignore their barbs about my new jacket.

barbed Show phonetics
adjective
1 having a sharp point which curves backwards

2 critical and unkind:
She made some rather barbed comments about my lifestyle.