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Stormy Daniels Leaves Stand After Hours of Searing Testimony

The defense tried to prove she lied about her account of a 2006 sexual liaison with Donald Trump, and suggested she was trying to extort him.

Madoff: I am actually grateful for this first opportunity to publicly speak about my crimes…

Translation: But I understand prison is a wonderful place to write a book — although I understand that legally the proceeds will have to go to a charity. Do I know any charities that are still in business?

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Google's Web-search advertising is said to be promoting deceptive business practices, according to Australian legal proceedings.


Another auction for a charity lunch with Warren E. Buffett has kicked off, and as of Tuesday morning bidding has already gone as high as $77,100. Proceeds will go to the Glide Foundation, a San Francisco nonprofit organization that helps the poor, hungry and homeless.

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searing

/ˈsɪərɪŋ/

adjective

1. extremely hot or intense.

   "the searing heat of the sun"fiery

   
   

   • severely critical.

     "a searing indictment of the government's performance"

proceeding
━━ n. 進行; 行動, 処置; （pl.） 出来事; 【法】事件; 【法】（pl.） 訴訟手続き; （pl.） 議事録, 会報.


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⇒proceed

proceeds Show phonetics
plural noun
the amount of money received from a particular event or activity or when something is sold:
The proceeds of today's festival will go to several local charities.
It says on the back of the card 'all proceeds to charity'.

worth your salt
good at your job:
Any accountant worth their salt should be aware of the latest changes in taxation.

Meaning

To be effective and efficient; deserving of one's pay.

Origin

Sodium chloride, a.k.a. salt, is essential for human life and, until the invention of canning and refrigeration, was the primary method of preservation of food. Not surprisingly, it has long been considered valuable.

To be 'worth one's salt' is to be worth one's pay. Our word salary derives from the Latin salarium, (sal is the Latin word for salt). There is some debate over the origin of the word salarium, but most scholars accept that it was the money allowed to Roman soldiers for the purchase of salt. Roman soldiers weren't actually paid in salt, as some suggest. They were obliged to buy their own food, weapons etc. and had the cost of these deducted from their wages in advance....