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6 Years In, Troops Glimpse Real Path Out of Iraq By STEVEN LEE MYERS
In many parts of Iraq, the contours of an American exit strategy have taken clearer shape than at any time before.
Once more, before the reign was over, it flamed up, embodied in a single individual Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex. The flame was glorious radiant with the colours of antique knighthood and the flashing gallantries of the past; but no substance fed it; flaring wildly, it tossed to and fro in the wind; it was suddenly put out. In the history of Essex, so perplexed in its issues, so desperate in its perturbations, so dreadful in its conclusion, the spectral agony of an abolished world is discernible through the tragic lineaments of a personal disaster.
"QUEEN ELIZABETH AND ESSEX A TRAGIC HISTORY"STRACHEY, Lytton
The German government has deferred making a decision on whether to bail out the struggling automaker Opel. Government spokesperson Thomas Steg said the German cabinet agreed that current proposals for saving the General Motors subsidiary were inadequate and that no final decision to offer it public support would be made before the end of the month. Chancellor Angela Merkel's grand coalition is split over how to respond to Opel's woes. GM Europe has presented a restructuring plan to the government which foresees partly spinning off Opel. It says the independent unit would need some 3.3 billion euros in state aid.
U.S. Superdelegates May Defer Decision
Dozens of superdelegates may throw their support behind Barack Obama after polls close in Montana and South Dakota on Tuesday, possibly settling the nomination within days. But other superdelegates say they will take their time.
defer
verb [T] -rr-
to delay something until a later time; to postpone:
My bank has agreed to defer the repayments on my loan while I'm still a student.
[+ ing form of verb] Can we defer making a decision until next week
deferment
noun [C or U] (ALSO deferral)
民主黨之超級代表 superdelegates說他們會仔細思量選(提名 nominate)那位 選總統
superdelegate
(sū'pər-dĕl'ĭ-gāt', -gĭt) 
n.
An elected official or political party leader who attends a presidential nominating convention and who may or may not have made a commitment to vote for a candidate.
take your time
1 said to mean that you can spend as much time as you need in doing something, or that you should slow down
2 DISAPPROVING to do something too slowly:
The builders are really taking their time.
contournoun [C]
the shape of a mass of land or other object, especially its surface or the shape formed by its outer edge:
the rugged contour of the coast
He studied the contours of her face.
Her latest collection of swimwear shows off the contours of the human body to perfection.
colours UK, US colors
plural noun
1 (at school, college or university) an honour given to people who have been chosen for a sports team, which is often represented by a special symbol on a shirt or tie:
She was awarded her colours for hockey/her hockey colours at the end of term.
2 the official flag of a country, ship or military group:
The military parade passed through the streets, with each regiment proudly displaying its regimental colours.
（pl.） 国［軍］旗, 船［艦］旗; 国旗掲揚［降下］式; （pl.） 軍隊; （pl.） （身分・所属を表す）色リボン［バッジ，服］など;
lineament
(lĭn'ē-ə-mənt)n.
- A distinctive shape, contour, or line, especially of the face.
- A definitive or characteristic feature. Often used in the plural: “the gross and subtle folds of corruption on the average senatorial face are hardly the lineaments of virtue” (Norman Mailer).
the main tent in a circus
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