Though Moy does not condone Warner's methods for removal, she believes that the purpose of his mission has been unfairly demonized, regardless of the damage it caused. “It was really an effort to try and promote the study of a very glorious art tradition that wasn't well understood yet,” she says. “It was kind of ironically a preservation act.”
As Taiwan flotilla retreats, Japan, China move to dampen island dispute
Washington Post
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Japan and China are taking small steps to dampen a bitter dispute over a group of small islands in the East China Sea following an intense but seemingly controlled confrontation over the islands' sovereignty that introduced wildcard ...
A leaked UN report has laid the blame for the nine deaths following an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound Turkish aid flotilla on both Tel Aviv and the activists, increasing tension between the two countries.
Analysis: Ethan Bronner
Setting Sail on Gaza’s Sea of Spin
The flotilla saga has brought out the public relations demons on all sides.
A Quick Rescue Kept Death Toll at Zero
By MICHAEL WILSON and AL BAKER
Within minutes of the crash landing, an ad hoc flotilla of boats had reached the slowly sinking jet.
At Least Nine Dead After Israel Intercepts Gaza Aid Convoy
At least nine activists were killed in a skirmish after Israeli forces intercepted a flotilla of aid bound for the Gaza Strip, in violence that risks inflaming tensions across the Middle East.
More than a million cheering spectators didn’t let a little rain stop them from celebrating Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee Sunday. In what the BBC calls the “highlight of the Jubilee weekend,” Queen Elizabeth II led a flotilla of more than 1,000 vessels down the Thames. It amounted to “the most dazzling display of pageantry seen on London’s River Thames for 350 years,” notes Reuters.
flotilla
Queen Elizabeth Leads Huge Thames Flotilla
A royal pageant the likes of which haven’t been seen for 350 years marked her 60th year on the throne.
| Posted Sunday, June 3, 2012, at 4:42 PM ET
The Queen's rowbarge "Gloriana" travels ahead of the rowing boats during the Diamond Jubilee PageantPhoto by PAUL ELLIS/AFP/GettyImages
More than a million cheering spectators didn’t let a little rain stop them from celebrating Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee Sunday. In what the BBC calls the “highlight of the Jubilee weekend,” Queen Elizabeth II led a flotilla of more than 1,000 vessels down the Thames. It amounted to “the most dazzling display of pageantry seen on London’s River Thames for 350 years,” notes Reuters.
demonize
Syllabification: (de·mon·ize)
Pronunciation: /ˈdēməˌnīz/
Translate demonize | into Italian verb
[with object]Derivatives
flo·til·la (flō-tĭl'ə)
noun [C]
a large group of boats or small ships
n.
- A small fleet.
- A fleet of small craft.
- A U.S. Navy organizational unit of two or more squadrons of small warships.
- A similar unit in the navy of another country.
- Informal. A group of vehicles owned or operated as a unit: "Now [the limousine service] has a flotilla of about 150 cars, more than 200 uniformed chauffeurs" (People).
[Spanish, diminutive of flota, fleet, from Old French flote, from Old Norse floti.]
See also fleet (SHIPS). n. - 小艦隊, 小型船隊, 艇隊
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