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"America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people."

Candidates who fare well in Iowa gain momentum that can propel their campaigns forward. Those who do poorly may find themselves starved of media attention, donations and volunteers


If Huawei succeeds with its new global research strategy, Trump’s plan to starve out the company would have wholly backfired. Not only that, but Huawei’s success would have carved out a new path for other Chinese tech companies to follow, weakening the US’s influence and role in global technology research.



How Politics and Bad Decisions Starved New York's Subways

By BRIAN M. ROSENTHAL, EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS and MICHAEL LaFORGIA



Disruptions and delays have roiled the system this year. But the crisis was long in the making, fueled by a litany of errors, a Times investigation shows.

Former President Jimmy Carter took a sly dig at President Donald Trump Saturday as he hyped the size of the crowd listening to his commencement speech at the Liberty University a year after Trump spoke at the school's graduation.

Police chief quits over blunder

Britain's top counter-terrorism officer resigns after admitting he could have jeopardised an operation which aimed to thwart a possible al-Qaeda plot.

英反恐高官因"洩密"下台

奎克手持的“機密”文件可以清楚地被看到

英國負責反恐的最高級別警官由於不慎洩露了一次尚未展開的反恐行動計劃，被迫辭職。
就在文件曝光後幾個小時，警方在曼切斯特、利物浦等地方採取一系列突擊行動。
目前已經逮捕了12名男子，其中10人來自巴基斯坦，他們都持有學生簽證。
反恐專家認為，這是由於當局擔心恐怖分子可能已經知道警方行動細節，因此必需先下手為強。
事件的主角是倫敦警察廳助理總監奎克。他周三前往唐寧街開會下車時，手上拿著一份寫著"機密"的行動計劃文件，並被記者拍下。
從相片可以清楚看到文件上列出的行動目標地點和負責警官等詳細情況。
奎克在聲明中承認，他的行為可能威脅到一次重要的反恐行動。
他對同僚造成的不便感到非常抱歉。
倫敦市長約翰遜向BBC表示，奎克工作非常出色，這次洩密實在是一次"十分不幸"的事件。
自從機密文件被曝光以來，奎克便受到反對黨的猛烈抨擊。
保守黨影子內政大臣格雷林批評說："把他手下的警官置於險地，並且危及行動的成敗，他應該烏紗難保。"


Although they were traveling through the richest ecosystem on earth, seven of Orellana’s men starved to death, and the survivors were reduced to eating the soles of their shoes. “

One race blundered around, torn, bitten and starving,” Hemming writes, “while the other slipped through the vegetation in good health and with a balanced diet.”



Counting Birds with Computers

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: The Great Reed Warbler is just one of the species in danger of extinction in Europe

Monitoring how many birds of any particular species in a given area has always been demanding, time-consuming work. Now ornithologists are getting a little help from some microphones and a computer program.

There are around 10,000 species of birds living on the planet and they inhabit every continent and every ecosystem. On the densely populated continent of Europe there are 700 different species vying for space, and many of them are understandably in danger of becoming extinct. Determining how many birds of one particular species there is has always posed a problem to ornithologists. But that is about to change.
Daniel Wolff is a researcher at the University of Bonn. In partnership with the Animal Sound Archive at the Humboldt University in Berlin, he pioneered bioacoustic computer software that scans and identifies bird songs. Not only is it highly accurate, it also negates the need for humans to invade fragile ecosystems.


Ms. de Saint Phalle is survived by a brother, John de Saint Phalle, of Florida; a daughter, Laura Duke, of Paris; a son, Philip Mathews, of New York; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Definition of starve

starved; starving

intransitive verb

:to perish from lack of food:to suffer extreme hunger

:to die of cold:to suffer greatly from cold

3:to suffer or perish from deprivation 


starve somebody ↔ out phrasal verbto force someone to leave a place by preventing them from getting food If we can’t blast them out, we’ll starve them out! slip

1a

a piece of paper used for a particular purpose

a voting slip

a betting slip

Definition of slip

slipped; slipping

intransitive verb

:to move with a smooth sliding motion

b :to move quietly and cautiously :steal

c :elapse, pass

2a (1) :to escape from memory or consciousness 

(2) :to become uttered through inadvertence

b :to pass quickly or easily away :become lost 

• let an opportunity slip

3:to fall into error or fault :lapse

:to slide out of place or away from a support or one's grasp

b :to slide on or down a slippery surface 

• slip on the stairs

:to flow smoothly

5:to get speedily into or out of clothing 

• slipped into his coat

6:to fall off from a standard or accustomed level by degrees :decline

7:sideslip

transitive verb

1:to cause to move easily and smoothly :slide

2a :to get away from :elude, evade 

• slipped his pursuers

b :to free oneself from 

• the dog slipped its collar

c :to escape from (one's memory or notice) 

• their names slip my mind

3:shed, cast 

• the snake slipped its skin

4:to put on (a garment) quickly —usually used with on 

• slip on a coat

:to let loose from a restraining leash or grasp

b :to cause to slip open :release, undo 

• slip a lock

:to let go of:to disengage from (an anchor) instead of hauling

:to insert, place, or pass quietly or secretly:to give or pay on the sly

7:slink, abort

8:dislocate 

• slipped his shoulder

:to transfer (a stitch) from one needle to another without working a stitch

:to avoid (a punch) by moving the body or head quickly to one side

— on the sly

:in a manner intended to avoid notice

Urban Dictionary: sly dig

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Feb 5, 2011 - The act - of which to insult, make fun of, or make something along the lines of a negative comment - that is done in secret (hense sly) and as ...

of

(ŭv, ŏv; əv when unstressed) 
prep.

1. Derived or coming from; originating at or from: customs of the South.
2. Caused by; resulting from: a death of tuberculosis.
3. Away from; at a distance from: a mile east of here.
4. So as to be separated or relieved from: robbed of one's dignity; cured of distemper.
5. From the total or group comprising: give of one's time; two of my friends; most of the cases.
6. Composed or made from: a dress of silk.
7. Associated with or adhering to: people of your religion.
8. Belonging or connected to: the rungs of a ladder.
9. 1. Possessing; having: a person of honor.
   2. On one's part: very nice of you.
10. Containing or carrying: a basket of groceries.
11. Specified as; named or called: a depth of ten feet; the Garden of Eden.
12. Centering on; directed toward: a love of horses.
13. Produced by; issuing from: products of the vine.
14. Characterized or identified by: a year of famine.
15. 1. With reference to; about: think highly of her proposals; will speak of it later.
    2. In respect to: slow of speech.
16. Set aside for; taken up by: a day of rest.
17. Before; until: five minutes of two.
18. During or on a specified time: of recent years.
19. By: beloved of the family.
20. Used to indicate an appositive: that idiot of a driver.
21. Archaic. On: “A plague of all cowards, I say” (Shakespeare).

of (RELATING TO)
preposition
about; relating to:
Speaking of Elizabeth, here she is.
One of the advantages of travelling by train is being able to read.
Let us consider the events of the last five months.
Of her childhood we know very little.
And what of (= Tell me about) young Adrian? How is he?

blunder (MISTAKE)
noun [C]
a big mistake, usually caused by lack of care or thought:
He said that the tax was a major political blunder.
I made a bit of a blunder by getting his name wrong.

blunder 
verb [I]
to make a big mistake, usually because of lack of care or thought:
Police blundered by not releasing more details about the case to focus public interest.

blundering
adjective [before noun]
You blundering idiot! What do you think you're doing?


blunder (MOVE)
verb [I usually + adverb or preposition]
to move in a awkward way:
I could hear him blundering around in the darkness.

blunderer 
noun [C]

blun・der

 

━━ n., v. へま（をやる）, 大間違い（をする）; やりそこなう; まごまごする; つまずく.
blunder away　むざむざ逃がす.
blunder on　…を偶然見つける［出会う］.
blun・der・er　━━ n.
blun・der・ing・ly　━━ ad. まごついて.