The Gowanus canal in Brooklyn is one of the dirtiest stretches of water in the US, contaminated by years of dumping and runoff from local industries. Steven Hirsch has been photographing the water mixed with over a century of chemicals and waste, capturing a bizarre, abstract beauty in the pollution
today's papers
Life is Not Worth Losing
ByDaniel Politi Posted Monday, June 23, 2008, at 6:18 AM ET
The New York Times, Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal's world-wide newsbox lead with Zimbabwe's opposition leader announcing that he would pull out of the presidential runoff election scheduled for Friday due to the rising levels of violence. Morgan Tsvangirai said he could no longer ask his supporters to risk their lives "for the sake of power."
Violence has been escalating as President Robert Mugabe's supporters have been stepping up their efforts to kill and intimidate opposition activists under the ruling party's new slogan: "WW ? Win or War."
The opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, says that at least 86 of its supporters have been killed and thousands more have been injured. "We will not be part of that war," Tsvangirai said.
MBA Show phonetics
noun [C]
ABBREVIATION FOR Master of Business Administration: an advanced degree in business, or a person who has this
noun [C]
ABBREVIATION FOR Master of Business Administration: an advanced degree in business, or a person who has this
BBC錯誤：“《金融時報》還報道說，過去十年裡，美國和歐洲在中國開設了不少商學院，現在情況有所轉變。報道說，設在上海的中歐國際商學院是中國與歐洲合辦的，這家商學院計劃在加納首都開一家分校。報道說，加納教育部已批准這一計劃。這家分校預計將提供短期商學課程和BMA課程。”
...management courses, according to Pedro Nueno, Ceibs' executive president. Ceibs will offer executive short courses and its executive MBA programme in Accra - it already runs the world's largest EMBA programme.The move is part of a Ghanaian government initiative...
verb [I + adverb or preposition]
to move in the stated direction:
During the last lap of the race one of the runners began to pull ahead.
We waved as the train pulled out of the station.
Our armies are pulling back on all fronts.
pull off (MOVE AWAY)
pull sth off (SUCCEED) Idioms: pull off
Accomplish, bring off, especially in the face of difficulties or at the last minute. For example, I never thought we'd ever stage this play, but somehow we pulled it off. [Colloquial; second half of 1800s]
run-off
noun [C usually singular]
an extra competition or election to decide the winner, because the leading competitors have finished equal:
In a run-off for the presidency of the assembly, Santos beat Gutierez.
a run-off race/election
run・off 
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