BUSINESS: Yahoo!
TIME is running out for Jerry Yang, the boss of Yahoo!, in his increasingly desperate struggle to rebuff Microsoft. The software giant is itching to buy the web portal he co-founded 13 years ago. Yahoo!’s board is reportedly planning to meet on Friday April 11th to consider a frantic week of move and counter-move.
Daily Highlights Tuesday, April 8, 2008
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Betty Ford never expected to be First Lady. But when she married Jerry Ford, her life took a different turn. She has said of her White House predecessors, "Now that I realize what they've had to put up with, I have new respect and admiration for every one of them." In 1974, Mrs. Ford underwent radical surgery for breast cancer. She discussed her situation candidly and encouraged women to have breast examinations and to face similar surgery without embarrassment. Later, she spoke of her addiction to alcohol and drugs with equal candor and she opened The Betty Ford Center in California to help others deal with substance dependencies. Happy 90th birthday to former first lady Betty Ford.
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substance (MATERIAL)
noun [C or U]
1 material with particular physical characteristics:
an organic/chemical substance
What sort of substance could withstand those temperatures?
2 FORMAL illegal substance an illegal drugsubstance abuse noun [U] FORMAL
the use of a drug to get pleasure, or to improve a person's performance of an activity, or because a person cannot stop using it
substance abuser noun [C] FORMAL
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
counter (OPPOSE)
verb [I or T]
to react to something with an opposing opinion or action; to defend yourself against something:
The Prime Minister countered the opposition's claims about health service cuts by saying that the government had increased spending in this area.
When criticisms were made of the school's performance, the parents' group countered with details of its examination results.
Extra police have been moved into the area to counter the risk of violence.
counter
adverb
in a way that opposes:
Bob's decision not to take the job ran counter to his family's expectations.
counter-
prefix
as a reaction to or in opposition to
━━ n. 賞, 賞品; 価値のある努力目標; すばらしい物.
━━ a. 賞品として与えられた, 賞に値する; 入賞した; 懸賞の; すばらしい.
━━ vt. 尊ぶ, 評価する.
prize day （中学・高校の）優等生表彰日.
prize fellowship 〔英〕 （卓越した試験成績者への）特別奨学金.
prize・fight 懸賞試合; プロボクシング.
prize・fighter n. プロボクサー; （昔の）懸賞ボクサー.
prize・fighting n. ボクシング; 懸賞ボクシング.
prize・man 〔英〕 （特に研究に対する賞の）受賞者.
prize ring 【ボクシング】リング.
prize winner 受賞者［作品］.
Eyes on the prize
Yahoo! and Microsoft enlist alliesApr 11th 2008Daily Highlights Tuesday, April 8, 2008
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| First Lady Betty Ford |
"My makeup wasn't smeared, I wasn't disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could I be alcoholic?" — Betty Ford
substance (MATERIAL)
noun [C or U]
1 material with particular physical characteristics:
an organic/chemical substance
What sort of substance could withstand those temperatures?
2 FORMAL illegal substance an illegal drugsubstance abuse noun [U] FORMAL
the use of a drug to get pleasure, or to improve a person's performance of an activity, or because a person cannot stop using it
substance abuser noun [C] FORMAL
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
counter (OPPOSE)
verb [I or T]
to react to something with an opposing opinion or action; to defend yourself against something:
The Prime Minister countered the opposition's claims about health service cuts by saying that the government had increased spending in this area.
When criticisms were made of the school's performance, the parents' group countered with details of its examination results.
Extra police have been moved into the area to counter the risk of violence.
counter
adverb
in a way that opposes:
Bob's decision not to take the job ran counter to his family's expectations.
counter-
prefix
as a reaction to or in opposition to
prize1
━━ a. 賞品として与えられた, 賞に値する; 入賞した; 懸賞の; すばらしい.
━━ vt. 尊ぶ, 評価する.
prize day （中学・高校の）優等生表彰日. prize fellowship 〔英〕 （卓越した試験成績者への）特別奨学金. prize・fight 懸賞試合; プロボクシング.prize・fighter n. プロボクサー; （昔の）懸賞ボクサー.
prize・fighting n. ボクシング; 懸賞ボクシング.
prize・man 〔英〕 （特に研究に対する賞の）受賞者. prize ring 【ボクシング】リング. prize winner 受賞者［作品］.
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