ire, hip-shooting, viewership, millennials reassess their 20s and a show that defined them.

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Why Are So Many People Rewatching ‘Girls’?

Viewership of Lena Dunham’s HBO dramedy is surging as many millennials reassess their 20s and a show that defined them.

Facing LDP ire, Aso retracts his hip-shooting remarks

Facing a backlash from fellow members of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Taro Aso was forced to backpedal Thursday on a string of controversial comments he made the previous day.(November 21) [more]

The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post lead with President Obama's new plan to overhaul international tax rules to crack down on multinational corporations and wealthy individuals who avoid paying U.S. taxes by keeping money abroad. Obama says his plan would raise $210 billion over the next ten years but immediately raised the ire of big corporations that said it would end up hurting U.S. businesses and cost jobs.

ire 
noun [U] FORMAL
anger:
Petty restrictions easily raised/aroused the ire of such a creative artist.

Main Entry:

hip–shoot·ing

Pronunciation:

\ˈhip-ˌshü-tiŋ\

Function:

noun

Date:

1951

: action or reaction that is quick and often reckless

— hip shooter noun