IBM Suspended From New Federal Work
IBM has been temporarily banned from contracts with federal agencies, while concerns about the tech giant's activities in an EPA procurement are reviewed. Some IBM employees have received subpoenas from a U.S. attorney in the matter.
In “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968), which he co-wrote with Stanley Kubrick, ape-man evolved into Star Child.
His epitaph for himself would have well suited man as he wanted him to be. “He never grew up; but he never stopped growing.”
波兰货币自2004年以来兑英镑一直坚挺 – 从当年一英镑买七个兹罗提（zloty）到今天约4.8个。这就是意味寄回家的钱少了。“我们很迷惑，不知道该怎么办” 《波兰时报》（Polish Times）的卡莎•可帕次（Kasia Kopacz）说，“如果兑换率恶化，我想70%的波兰人肯定会打道回府”。
zloty
(zlô'tē) pronunciation
n., pl. zloty or -tys.
A basic unit of currency in Poland.
[Polish złoty, golden, zloty, from złoto, gold.]
WORD HISTORY The ancient association between gold and money is reflected in złoty, the name for the basic unit of currency in Poland. In Polish złoty is a simple adjective meaning “golden” that derives from the neuter noun złoto, “gold.” This in turn comes from from a Common Slavic neuter noun *zolto, “gold.” The zol- in *zolto is a form of the Slavic root *zel–, “to shine, be bright,” from the Indo-European root *ghel–. By Grimm's Law, this became *gel– in Germanic, giving us eventually both Dutch gulden, “guilder” and English gold.
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I never did find out how he got into plastic rainwear! It didn't take me long to discover that there's little more soul-destroying than a repetitive task that wasn't interesting in the first place. There had to be more to life than this.
我從來都沒發現他怎麼會扯上塑膠雨衣業! 這份工作多重複 一開始就覺沒趣 而不久之後我就發現它極枯燥乏味。人生應該比這還要精采才是。
soul-destroying
adjective MAINLY UK
describes a job or other activity which is so boring that is makes you very unhappy:
Repetitive work can become soul-destroying after a while.
epitaph
noun [C]
a short piece of writing or a poem about a dead person, especially one written on their gravestone ━━ n. （墓）碑銘; 碑文風の詩文.
subpoena
verb [T] LEGAL
1 to order someone to go to a court of law to answer questions:
A friend of the victim was subpoenaed as a witness by lawyers representing the accused.
[+ to infinitive] They were subpoenaed to testify before the judge.
2 to order that documents must be produced in a court of law
subpoena
noun [C] LEGAL
a legal document ordering someone to appear in a court of law:
Subpoenas were issued to several government employees.
━━ n. 【法】罰則付き召喚令状, 罰則付き文書提出令状 （subpoena du・ces te・cum
）.━━ vt. 【法】（人に）裁判所出頭命令を出す, 法廷に召喚する, （文書を）裁判所へ提出するよう命令する.
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