a killing on Canadian soil.
U.S. Drug Shortages Are Near an All-Time High, Leading to Rationing
A scarcity of cancer drugs has heightened concerns about the generic drug industry. Congress and the White House are seeking ways to address supply problems.
A scarcity of cancer drugs has heightened concerns about the generic drug industry. Congress and the White House are seeking ways to address supply problems.
Out of the Public Eye, a Debate Is Raging Over a Postwar Ukraine Economy
Beyond the enormous cost of rebuilding the country are difficult and delicate choices about how to best connect the nation to the European economy.
Beyond the enormous cost of rebuilding the country are difficult and delicate choices about how to best connect the nation to the European economy.
A Gray Area of Loyalties Splinters a Liberated Ukrainian Town
The town of Sviatohirsk remains divided by where people’s allegiances lie: with Moscow or Kyiv. “Friends are not friends anymore,” said one woman.
The town of Sviatohirsk remains divided by where people’s allegiances lie: with Moscow or Kyiv. “Friends are not friends anymore,” said one woman.
After fallow decades
Mr. Lee worried that mainland Chinese film, after a long fallow period, was growing too quickly with too great a focus on box office blockbusters. “Give the Chinese market some time,” he said. If it were allowed to naturally grow, he added, China could set an example for an American film industry that itself is “not very healthy.”
Mega-Mergers See Comeback as Uncertainty Fades
By PETER LATTMAN
The last half-decade was a fallow period for takeovers. But major deals
involving the ketchup maker H. J. Heinz, two airlines and the computer
company Dell suggest a turn in the cycle.
AFP
Ishikawa, who is now 21 years and one month old, fired a 4-under-par 68 for a winning total of 15-under 273 in the 150 million yen ($1.9 million) Taiheiyo Masters, sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour (JGTO). His last victory came at the same event in 2010.
On Nov. 26, 1942, President Roosevelt ordered nationwide gasoline rationing石油配給, beginning December 1.
Low Profile for Chrysler After a Year of Change
By BILL VLASIC
Sergio Marchionne, the carmaker’s chief executive, said that the company had to endure a fallow period before it could refresh its vehicle lineup.
USA Today leads with a look at how the first two months of 2009 have marked the driest start of any year since the government began to keep track in 1895. The dry conditions have led to a severe drought in Texas and farmers are increasingly worried it will be a bad year for crops while firefighters say it could lead to a longer fire season.
Schwarzenegger declares drought emergency
Three years of near-drought in California have prompted its governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to declare an emergency. He's urged urban authorities to cut water usage by 20 percent and warned of rationing. Supplies to farms are to be reduced, noteably in California's Central Valley with its massively irrigated fields. Drought has already forced some farmers to leave their fields fallow. Thousands of agricultural workers are idle. Over the past year, falls of rain and snow have been 75 percent below normal. Sources of drinking water for the state's 37 million inhabitants are 35 percent below capacity.
Pakistan Announces Arrests for Mumbai Attacks
Pakistan said that parts of the terrorist attacks were planned on its soil. Several suspects are being held.
Last month, the EU suspended a requirement for farmers to keep 10% of land fallow and raised quotas that limit the amount of milk each EU nation is allowed to produce. It's proving much tougher for nations to agree on removing individual subsidies or figure out how to use EU farm money to lower food prices.
'Ethics Landscape' Slightly Fallow
Human Resource Executive Online - Horsham,PA,USA
rage
/reɪdʒ/
noun
- 1.violent uncontrollable anger."her face was distorted with rage"
- 2.a vehement desire or passion."a rage for absolute honesty informs much western art"
verb
- 1.feel or express violent uncontrollable anger."he raged at the futility of it all"
- 2.INFORMALenjoy oneself at a party or other lively gathering, typically with drinking and music."we're gonna rage through the weekend"
drought
noun [C or U]
a long period when there is little or no rain:
This year (a) severe drought has ruined the crops.
- 発音記号[dráut]
[名][C][U]
3 ((方言))のどのかわき.
4 （一般に）乾燥. （また((米))dróuth）
［古英語dr
gian（乾燥する）＋-TH1＝乾燥すること. △DRY］fallow
adjective
1 describes land that is not planted with crops, in order to improve the quality of the soil:
Farmers are eligible for government support if they let a certain amount of land lie fallow.
2 describes a period of time in which very little happens:
August is a fallow period in British politics. ━━ a., n., vt. 休作の; 休閑（地）; 休閑地にする; 活用されていない.
lie fallow （畑地が）休めてある; （才能などが）眠っている.noun
1 [C or U] the material on the surface of the ground in which plants grow; earth:
light/heavy/fertile soil
sandy or chalky soils
2 [U] LITERARY a country:
It was the first time we had set foot on foreign/French/American soil (= gone to a foreign country/France/America).
3 LITERARY the soil the activity of farming:
The government is trying to encourage a return to the soil.
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