By ERIC LIPT
ON From a seventh-century medina to luxe hotels by the beach, the ancient capital of Tunis is a many-faceted gem.Motto
Lux in Tenebris Lucet—“The light that shines in the darkness”
"This book is a gem. Bénassy has managed the tour de force of presenting concisely the current debate on monetary policy, and of taking it into the little-explored territory of non-Ricardian models. He writes with his usual crispness and sharpness, and the reader comes out of the book's ten chapters wanting to learn more."
gem
Gem State （the ～） 米国アイダホ州の俗称.tour de force
［F.］ 力わざ, 離れわざ, 妙技; 力作.
tour de force noun [S]
an achievement or performance which shows great skill and attracts admiration:
a technical/musical/political tour de force
The painting/book/film is a tour de force.
n., pl. tours de force (tūr').
A feat requiring great virtuosity or strength, often deliberately undertaken for its difficulty: “In an extraordinary structural tour de force the novel maintains a dual focus” (Julian Moynahan).
[French : tour, turn, feat + de, of + force, strength.]
medina
(mĭ-dē'nə)
n.n. - 麥地那
The old section of an Arab city in North Africa.
[Arabic madīna, city, from Aramaic mədintā, mədinā, jurisdiction, district, from dān, to judge, administer.]
Wikipedia article "Medina (disambiguation)"
deluxe, de luxe
Hide phoneticsadjective [usually before noun]
luxurious and of very high quality:
a deluxe hotel in Paris
Hide phoneticsnoun [C] plural lux SPECIALIZED
a measure of the amount of light produced by something
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