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China is in a funk. Many people lack the confidence to spend or invest, and do not quite understand what has gone wrong. Senior officials cannot acknowledge this, because power is so centralised in one man. And doubting him is taboo https://econ.st/4c4nJIE Illustration: Chloe Cushman Boeing was expected to unveil a new mid-sized jet in June. But its European arch-rival Airbus launched a plane that fitted this criteria History hasn’t been kind to Cromwell. For five centuries he’s been painted – quite literally, with his portraits being the ugliest of the bunch – as a conniving self-promoter. The mustier contingents of the history crew have sneered “revisionist” at Mantel’s interpretation of Cromwell, but it’s as legitimate as any other version when you consider that history is written by the victors and Cromwell ended up with his head in a basket. NPR Morning Edition Legendary jazz pianist Herbie Hancock’s new memoir describes his years playing with Miles Davis, how Buddhism and Sly Stone turned him on to funk, and some dark moments. http://n.pr/1tNuAOZ Herbie Hancock: 'On A Path To Find My Own Answer' In a candid interview, the ever-innovative pianist traces the lines between... WWW.NPR.ORG|由 MORNING EDITION 上傳 Architecture Misquote #2: Louis Sullivan Posted: 16 Aug 2014 01:00 PM PDT

ON SOCCER

Success for Brazil, Just Not on the Field

By JERÉ LONGMAN

Its team suffered a humiliating semifinal defeat, but Brazil is taking comfort in its success as host of the World Cup and in its archrival Argentina’s loss in the final.

Brazil, a Nation Left in Despair

By JERÉ LONGMAN

Playing without Neymar and Thiago Silva, Brazil collapsed against a rampaging Germany in Tuesday’s World Cup semifinal, sending the entire country into a funk.

MADISON, a liberal college town that doubles as the capital of a politically complicated state, pulls its disparate elements together into a spirited reality all its own, a funky amalgam of hard-partying students, socially conscious activists, sports fans, outdoor warriors, politicos from both sides of the aisle, artists, foodies and more.
Aug 11, 2007 ... Erasmus's In Praise of Folly (published in 1511) describes hard-partying
courtiers who slept late but observed the religious forms of the ...

arch-rival

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  NOUN    The chief rival of a person, team, or organization.

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musty
adjective
smelling unpleasantly old and slightly wet:
musty old books
a musty smell
a musty room

funk1

Pronunciation: /fʌŋk

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NOUN

1(also blue funk) chiefly British A state of great fear or panic:are you in a blue funk about running out of things to say?

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1.1chiefly North American A state of depression:I sat absorbed in my own blue funk

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2DATED , chiefly British A coward:I sit shuddering, too much of a funk to fight

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Avoid (something) out of fear:I could have seen him this morning but I funked it

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Origin  mid 18th century (first recorded as Oxford University slang): perhaps from funk² in the slang sense 'tobacco smoke', or from obsolete Flemish fonck 'disturbance, agitation'.

funky (FASHIONABLE)
adjective SLANG
fashionable in an unusual and noticeable way:
She has some really funky clothes.
short funky haircuts
funky little town

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Pronunciation: /ˈfʌŋki/

ADJECTIVE (funkier, funkiest)

INFORMAL

1(Of music) having or using a strong dance rhythm, in particular that of funk:some excellent funky beats

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1.1Modern and stylish in an unconventional or striking way:she likes wearing funky clothes

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2North American Strongly musty:cooked greens make the kitchen smell really funky

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Origin   late 18th century (in the sense 'smelling strong or bad'): from funk².