judiciary, bipolar, characterisation

Obama’s Court Nominees Are Focus of Speculation
By NEIL A. LEWIS
President Obama will soon begin naming nominees to the federal appeals courts, a step that will provide the first signs of how he plans to shape the nation’s judiciary.



Microsoft: Yahoo Said Google Ad Deal Would Weaken Microsoft

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) official testified Tuesday that Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) Chief Executive Jerry Yang told Microsoft that the software maker wouldn't be strong enough to compete in the online-advertising market if Yahoo entered into a search-advertising deal with Google Inc. (GOOG).

Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith, appearing before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee, said Yang made the comments to Microsoft officials during a June 8 meeting between the companies in San Jose.

"Jerry Yang...looked us in the eye and said 'Look, the search market today is basically a bipolar market: On one pole, there's Google and, on the other pole, there's Yahoo and Microsoft both competing with Google'," Smith said.

According to Smith, Yang then said, "If we do this deal with Google, Yahoo will become part of Google's pole. And Microsoft...would not be strong enough in this market to remain a pole of its own."

Smith said he and other Microsoft officials couldn't believe Yang made the comments.

"It made a very strong impression," Smith said.

Microsoft is adamantly opposed to the ad deal that Google and Yahoo signed last month.

Yahoo's chief legal officer, Michael Callahan, who was present in the same meeting, told senators that he disagreed with Smith's characterization of Yang's remarks.

"I don't recall that Mr. Yang said what Mr. Smith indicated," Callahan said.

The Senate committee held a hearing Tuesday morning to examine the Google- Yahoo ad deal, which allows Yahoo to run ads sold by Google on its search pages and other Yahoo Web sites.

A House subcommittee is holding a similar hearing Tuesday afternoon.

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bipolar

adj.

1. Relating to or having two poles or charges.
2. Relating to a device capable of using two polarizations, such as a transistor that uses positive and negative charge carriers.
3. Relating to or involving both of the earth's polar regions.
4. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas or natures: the bipolar world of the postwar period.
5. Biology. Having two poles or opposite extremities: a bipolar neuron.
Psychology. Relating to a major affective disorder that is characterized by episodes of mania and depression.

bipolar disorder Show phonetics
noun [U] SPECIALIZED
manic depression

bipolarity bi'po·lar'i·ty (-lăr'ĭ-tē) n.

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judiciary Hide phonetics
group noun [C]
the part of a country's government which is responsible for its legal system and which consists of all the judges in the country's courts of law:
a member of the judiciary

• 名
• 1. 司法｛しほう｝（制度｛せいど｝）
• 2. 裁判官｛さいばんかん｝、司法官｛しほうかん｝◆集合的

• 形 司法｛しほう｝の、裁判｛さいばん｝の

judicial Hide phonetics
adjective
involving a court of law:
the judicial system
judicial enquiry/review

judicially Hide phonetics
adverb

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character (REPRESENTATION) Show phonetics
noun [C]
a person represented in a film, play or story:
The film revolves around three main characters.
She had Mickey Mouse or some other cartoon/Disney character on her sweater.
He made his name as a character actor (= an actor who plays unusual and often humorous people).

characterization, UK USUALLY characterisation Show phonetics
noun [U]
the way that people are represented in a film, play or book so that they seem real and natural:
The plots in her books are very strong but there's almost no characterization.
The film's characterization of the artist as a complete drunk has annoyed a lot of people.