plenitude, communiqué, biggie, a fortiori

This July, when President Bush and leaders of the world’s richest nations, the Group of 8, pledged to “move toward a low-carbon society” by cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050, Mr. Clapp was derisive.
“It is one step forward from the U.S. point of view, because President Bush has agreed that the United States, for the first time, must be bound by an international treaty,” he said. “But the emissions reduction goal is extremely weak; the language in the communiqué is almost meaningless.”

The plenitude principle or principle of plenitude asserts that everything that can happen will happen.


Today's e-column is nothing but a computer tip, but it's a biggie. It seems obvious in retrospect, but I've got to tell you, it's totally rocked my world:

biggie

(bĭg'ē)

n. Slang.

1. A very important person: “hassles between executive biggies” (New York).
2. Something that is considered big or important: Her new movie is expected to be a biggie.

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a fortiori
(Latin, from the stronger) Phrase used for 'all the more' or 'even more so': if all donkeys bray, then a fortiori all young donkeys bray. (© Oxford University Press)



((ラテン語))いっそう有力な理由で(for a stronger reason)；なおさら.

plenitude

n.

1. An ample amount or quantity; an abundance: a region blessed with a plenitude of natural resources.
2. The condition of being full, ample, or complete.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin plēnitūdō, from plēnus, full.]

plenitudinous plen'i·tu'di·nous (-tūd'n-əs, -tyūd'-) adj.

plen・i・tude

Synonyms: plenty, plentifulness, plenteousness, plentitude

━━ n. ((大げさに)) 十分; 完全; 豊富, 充実; 多量, 大量.

communiqué

com・mu・ni・que

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［f.］>n. コミュニケ, 公報.