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A bankruptcy filing by Chrysler would be the first by one of Detroit's three auto companies amid a devastating slump, and could serve as a preview of what a filing by General Motors might look like. G.M., which like Chrysler received federal assistance last year, faces a June 1 deadline for its own restructuring.



Google unwraps Cupcake, announces preview of Android 1.5
Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA
Google has announced the availability of an Android 1.5 SDK preview release. It will give developers an early look at some of the features that are planned ...



Apple plans to preview a new version of its software for the iPhone, amid speculation that the company is also preparing to launch a new model of the cellphone.

Google previews Android phone
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Google has unveiled a number of new features of the Android mobile phone at a developer conference. At the demonstration in California it was revealed that ...


preview
also n.

1. An advance showing, as of a movie or art exhibition, to which a selected audience is invited before public presentation begins.
2. An advance viewing or exhibition, especially the presentation of several scenes advertising a forthcoming movie; a trailer.
3. An introductory or preliminary message, sample, or overview; a foretaste.

tr.v., -viewed also -vued, -view·ing -vu·ing, -views -vues.

1. To view or exhibit in advance.
2. To provide a preliminary sample or overview of: The professor previewed the course for us.

android Hide phonetics
noun [C]
a robot (= computer-controlled machine) which is made to look like a human

messianic , imminence, phase 5

WHO Warns of Imminent World-Wide Pandemic

WHO officials raised the alert for swine flu to phase 5, and said a flu pandemic appears imminent.

In ’06 Bomb Plot Trial, a Question of Imminence
By ELAINE SCIOLINO
Testimony in the trial of eight defendants in London has shown little evidence that they were prepared to strike immediately or of any link to Al Qaeda.


Germany's Ahmidiyya Muslims Celebrate 100 Years

Muslim missionaries found in Western cities are often part of the messianic
Ahmidiyya movement. The peaceful beliefs of Ahmadis, who can be found in
small numbers in Germany, are seen as heretical by most Muslims.

The DW-WORLD Article
http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=evyiddI44va89pI6

Definition

imminent Hide phonetics
adjective
coming or likely to happen very soon:
imminent disaster/danger
A strike is imminent.

imminence Hide phonetics
noun [U]
when something is imminent

messiah Hide phonetics
noun [S]
a leader who is believed to have the power to solve the world's problems:
An ordinary priest, he was hailed by thousands as the new messiah.

the Messiah noun [S]
1 in the Christian religion, Jesus Christ

Messiah（Heb.）：救世主（者）；基督；受傅（膏）者；默西亞；彌賽亞（基）：源自希臘語 Christos 被傅油者，指某人被傅（膏）油以便接受諸如國王、司祭（司祭）等崇高的職位。逐漸變成耶穌的別名，指其身分。又稱 Messias。

2 in the Jewish religion, the King of the Jews who will be sent by God


messianic Hide phonetics
adjective
1 FORMAL relating or belonging to a messiah:
He announced the imminent arrival of a messianic leader.

2 describes a religious group which believes that a leader will or has come who has the power to change the world and bring peace:
a messianic cult/movement/sect

3 describes a speech or style which is very persuasive and full of emotion:
She talks about her work with a messianic zeal.