2009年1月27日 星期二

biologic, rush sth out, ring true/false, viscous, flinty, reopen

Much of Wyeth's appeal for Pfizer is in its business of biologics, drugs that are derived not from small chemical molecules but from living cells. A change-in-control plan that took effect on Jan. 1 will sharply reduce severance pay to top executives of Wyeth, DealBook reports.

The Wall Street Journal banners news that former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain was forced to resign from a top job at Bank of America. The bank's chief executive was angry that Thain rushed out bonuses for Merrill executives and spent lavishly before the company's sale to Bank of America closed, despite the brokerage's $15.3 billion in losses during the fourth quarter.





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Downturn rings true.


Many English schools have yet to reopen, suggesting that Britons even more than Washingtonians lack the "flinty Chicago toughness" that President Obama missed when his daughters' new school closed its doors during a recent wintry blast in the U.S. capital.



Today, from the bridge, the East River is sparkling.
The money is swirling around the tall buildings like tides or like tithes,
And I wonder, does anyone swim in 
this river, I wonder, does anyone pray?


The poems are tense and flinty (a review in Publishers Weekly praised their “viscous push-pull between money and Eros”).



reopen 
verb [I or T]
1 If a place or business, etc. reopens or is reopened, it begins to operate, or it becomes open for people to use, after being closed for a period of time:
The museum has reopened after nearly two years of reconstruction.
He hung a sign on the door of the shop which said it would reopen at 11.

2 If a formal process or activity reopens or is reopened, it begins again or starts to be dealt with again after a period of time:
to reopen an enquiry/investigation
to reopen a debate/discussion
to reopen a legal case/file


flinty
adj.-i·er-i·est.
  1. Containing or composed of flint.
  2. Unyielding; stern: a flinty manner.
flintily flint'i·ly adv.
flintiness flint'i·ness n.



viscous 
adjective
describes a liquid that is thick and sticky and does not flow easily

viscosity 
noun [U]
ring true/false
to seem true/false:
Her explanations didn't ring true.

rush sth out phrasal verb [M]
to very quickly produce something and make it available to sell:
When the war started, several publishers rushed out books on the conflict.



biologic
('ə-lŏj'ĭk) or bi·o·log·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)
n.
A preparation, such as a drug, a vaccine, or an antitoxin, that is synthesized from living organisms or their products and used as a diagnostic, preventive, or therapeutic agent.

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