Late Munro is, stylistically, a wholly different thing. The prose is sparer, more wintry. The psychology is as gutting and astute as ever.
尼泊爾最高法院在今年1月裁定較早版本的TRC法案──2013
Victims' Dilemma: 911 Calls Can Bring Eviction
By ERIK ECKHOLM
Aiming to save neighborhoods from blight and to ease burdens on the police, municipalities have adopted ordinances requiring landlords to weed out disruptive tenants.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"The problem with these ordinances is that they turn victims of crime who are pleading for emergency assistance into 'nuisances' in the eyes of the city. They limit people's ability to seek help from police and punish victims for criminal activity committed against them."
SANDRA S. PARK, a lawyer with the A.C.L.U., on the rise of "crime free" housing ordinances, which some say cause tenants to choose between calling 911 and being evicted from their homes.
Millions in U.S. Drink Dirty Water, Records Show
By CHARLES DUHIGG
More than 20 percent of water treatment systems have violated key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
这一最新案件是香港按照《证券与期货条例》(Securities and Futures Ordinance)，首次就市场操纵行为提起法律诉讼。以前的案例都没有提交到地区法院一级。
French Court Defangs Plan to Crack Down on Internet Piracy
By ERIC PFANNER
The decision is a setback for the music and movie industries, which had praised the French law as a solution to illegal file sharing.
French Court Guts Web Piracy Law
France's highest legal authority struck down the central provision of a law that would have cut off the Internet access of people who repeatedly illegally download copyrighted content.
演講的一些具體內容，可參考雷穎《造化遊戲四十年：雷穎回憶錄》Memoirs on Forty Years Ordnance Technology and Management，台北：中央研究院近代史研究所，民國88年（1999），頁175-80
Partygoers seemed pleased with the evening. However, no one--not even the social conservatives--appeared happy when the bars shut down precisely at 1 a.m., apparently because of a city ordinance.
ordinance
n.
- An authoritative command or order.
- A custom or practice established by long usage.
- A Christian rite, especially the Eucharist.
- A statute or regulation, especially one enacted by a city government.
[Middle English ordinaunce, from Old French ordenance, from Medieval Latin ōrdinantia, from Latin ōrdināns, ōrdinant-, present participle of ōrdināre, to ordain, from ōrdō, ōrdin-, order.]
ordinance
Syllabification: (or·di·nance)
Pronunciation: /ˈôrdn-əns/
noun
Origin:
Middle English (also in the sense 'arrangement in ranks'): from Old French ordenance, from medieval Latin ordinantia, from Latin ordinare 'put in order' (see ordain)or・di・nance
━━ n. 法令; 儀式.
ord·nance (ôrd'nəns)
n.
- Military materiel, such as weapons, ammunition, combat vehicles, and equipment.
- The branch of an armed force that procures, maintains, and issues weapons, ammunition, and combat vehicles.
- Cannon; artillery.
n.
- The act of supplying or fitting out.
- Something provided.
- A preparatory action or measure.
- provisions A stock of necessary supplies, especially food.
- A stipulation or qualification, especially a clause in a document or agreement.
To supply with provisions.
[Middle English, from Old French, forethought, from Latin prōvīsiō, prōvīsiōn-, from prōvīsus, past participle of prōvidēre, to foresee, provide for. See provide.]
provisioner pro·vi'sion·er n.gut 動詞 取出內臟、毀掉
defangtr.v., -fanged, -fang·ing, -fangs.
- To remove the fangs of (a snake, for example).
- To undermine the strength or power of; make ineffectual: an attempt to defang the opposition.
VERB ( guts, gutting, gutted)
2British informal Cause (someone) to feel extremely upset or disappointed:it guts me to think about what my mother andbrother missed out on(as adjective gutting) she described the ruling asabsolutely gutting
astute
/əˈstjuːt/
adjective
- having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage."an astute businessman"
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