Asking Xi Jinping to disown Russia and side with the West is like asking him to break with himself https://econ.trib.al/uYYrKUD
Luis Barragán’s Forgotten Works, Revisited
From T’s Summer Art issue: After moving to Mexico City in 1935, the architect set about designing obscure functionalist residences that he would later disown.
Henri Matisse
Reader Leaning Her Elbow on the Table, 1923
Chrysler Puts Plants Up for Sale
Chrysler has begun looking for buyers for two Michigan axle plants, reflecting its search for a leaner business model.
Wikipedia article "Axle".
n. - 車軸, 輪軸
lean (LITTLE FAT) Show phonetics
adjective
1 describes meat that has little fat
2 thin and healthy:
lean and fit
3 If a period of time is lean, there is not enough of something, especially money or food, at that time:
It has been a particularly lean year for the education department.
4 APPROVING A lean company or organization uses only a small number of people and a small amount of money etc. so that there is no waste:
Nowadays even efficient, lean, well-run industries are failing.
Chrysler has begun looking for buyers for two Michigan axle plants, reflecting its search for a leaner business model.
Wikipedia article "Axle".
n. - 車軸, 輪軸
lean (LITTLE FAT) Show phonetics
adjective
1 describes meat that has little fat
2 thin and healthy:
lean and fit
3 If a period of time is lean, there is not enough of something, especially money or food, at that time:
It has been a particularly lean year for the education department.
4 APPROVING A lean company or organization uses only a small number of people and a small amount of money etc. so that there is no waste:
Nowadays even efficient, lean, well-run industries are failing.
2015年10月7日 星期三
teleological, lean and sinewy, discourse, counter discourse
"…as a conductor, I am fascinated by, and wide open to, every new sound-image that comes along; but as a composer I am committed to tonality. Here is a conflict indeed; and my attempt to resolve it is, quite literally, my most profound musical experience. And if this sounds far too existential for an old romantic like me, well and good: I am ready to switch and consider the teleological approach, and wrestle with that. Another synthesis to be sought.”
Leonard Bernstein
New York Times, October 14, 1965
National debate on French identity ends amid immigration controversy
France's debate on national identity ended amidst a backdrop of immigrant
tensions. While some saw the discussion series as a vital public discourse,
many felt it served as a platform for xenophobic comments.
The DW-WORLD Article
http://newsletter.dw-world.de/
作為文風藝技的 lean and sinewy
'His lean and sinewy prose; his mastery of a kind of laconic, understated dialogue; his insistent use of repetition, often of a single word, or name--built up and transmitted an inner excitement to thousands of his readers.'
-- July 3, 1961
OBITUARY
Hemingway's Prize-Winning Works Reflected Preoccupation With Life and Death
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
On January 27th, in her first big campaign speech, Kamala Harris answered her critics not by disavowing her past, but by leaning in to it
It's one of the most memorable, weird, gross and resonant moments from The Return of the Jedi, and from Star Wars in general – andDisney is working to disavow it.
The 'slave Leia' controversy is about more than objectification
The scene from Return of the Jedi has made many – including Carrie Fisher – uncomfortable for years, but should Disney disown it completely?
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X denied Y.
或可用於冠亞軍之決賽
disown
/dɪsˈəʊn/
verb
- refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with."Lovell's rich family had disowned him because of his marriage"
1.「丹尼(D)」denier：例如9000公尺長的某纖維重7公克，那就是7丹尼。羊毛大約是15丹尼、蠶絲約1丹尼。一般來說丹尼數愈高，纖維愈粗。公制是Tex(號數)。總之就是重量。
引申來說，丹尼數高，彈性也愈好(粗的拉長變細時，恢復力比強)。所以像塑身衣或者襪子，就會強調丹尼數。
旦尼爾（定長制）[編輯]
特克士（定長制）[編輯]
特克士(Tex)，簡稱特，舊寫作糹 太[1]定義是每1000公尺的纖維重（1g/1000m）。若1000公尺的纖維重70克，記為70tex。常用的是decitex，縮寫為dtex。定義是每10000公尺的纖維重（1g/10000m）。若10000公尺的纖維重70克，記為70dtex。
英支（定重制）[編輯]
1支：單位重量（1磅）的紗線在公定回潮率時的長度為840碼的倍數。幾個840碼就是英制幾支紗。（常以Ne表示）。
Denier /ˈdɛnjər/ or den (abbreviated D), a unit of measure for the linear mass density of fibers, is defined as the mass in grams per 9000 meters.[1] The denier is based on a natural reference: a single strand of silk is approximately one denier; a 9000-meter strand of silk weighs about one gram. The term denier comes from the French denier, a coin of small value (worth 1⁄12 of a sou). Applied to yarn, a denier was held to be equal in weight to 1⁄24 of an ounce. The term microdenier is used to describe filaments that weigh less than one gram per 9000 meters.
One can distinguish between filament and total measurements in deniers. Both are defined as above, but the first relates to a single filament of fiber — commonly known as denier per filament (DPF) — whereas the second relates to a yarn.
Broader terms such as 'fine' may be applied, either because the overall yarn is fine or because fibers within this yarn are thin. A 75-denier yarn would be considered fine even if it contains only a few fibers, such as thirty 2.5-denier fibers, but a heavier yarn, such as 150 denier, is only considered fine if its constituent fibers are individually as thin as one denier.[1]
The following relationship applies to straight, uniform filaments:
- DPF = total denier / quantity of uniform filaments
The denier system of measurement is used on two- and single-filament fibers. Some common calculations are as follows:
| 1 denier | = 1.181 grams per 9000 meters |
| = 0.13122 milligrams per meter |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Units_of_textile_measurement#Denier
In China, No Plans to Emulate West’s Way
BEIJING — China’s second-ranking Communist Party official issued a terse and complete disavowal of interest in Western-style democracy on Monday, saying that China would never adopt a multiparty political system, separation of powers, a bicameral legislature or an independent judiciary.
南投縣竹山鎮紫南宮體驗萬人吃丁酒、求發財金的節慶活動
Taiwan temple loans fund million-dollar toilets
Published: February 9, 2009
TAIPEI, Taiwan: A Taoist temple in southern Taiwan has put profits from a successful foray into the banking business toward an unusual building project — a public bathroom shaped like a trio of bamboo shoots.
Last year, the Tzenan Temple in Nantou county lent 600 New Taiwan dollars ($18) to 450,000 people without registering a single default — apparently because borrowers feared offending the temple's deity.
It put the interest on the loans toward construction of an elaborate restroom complex to serve worshippers.
The NT$40 million ($1.2 million) complex — described by temple staff as "five-star" — is in the shape of three bamboo shoots, Nantou's most important agricultural product. Their golden hue emulates the color of mature bamboo when it's sold in local markets.
Abbot Chuang Chiu-an said the project was made possible by the reluctance of borrowers to offend the temple's deity — the spirit of an ancient Chinese governor who rewarded subjects in line with the fealty they demonstrated to traditional virtues.
"No one would dare make a default to the deity and risk bad fortune," Chuang said.
He did not comment on the wave of failures undermining larger financial institutions, but did regret that the size of his temple's loan packages was limited by the current economic slowdown.
The Los Angeles Times leads with a look at how many are praising Countrywide's mortgage-modification program that is currently being implemented and could eventually save borrowers as much as $8.4 billion. At a time when the government is under increased pressure to do more to help distressed homeowners, some key officials and consumer advocates are pointing to Countrywide's effort as an example that other mortgage-servicing companies should emulate.
disavow
dɪsəˈvaʊ/
verb
- deny any responsibility or support for."the union leaders resisted pressure to disavow picket-line violence"
emulate
tr.v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.
- To strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation: an older pupil whose accomplishments and style I emulated.
- To compete with successfully; approach or attain equality with.
- Computer Science. To imitate the function of (another system), as by modifications to hardware or software that allow the imitating system to accept the same data, execute the same programs, and achieve the same results as the imitated system.
adj. Obsolete. (-lĭt)
Ambitious; emulous.
em・u・late
━━ vt. 競う, …と張り合う ((at)); 熱心に見習う; 【コンピュータ】模倣する, エミュレートする.
em・u・la・tion
━━ n. 【コンピュータ】エミュレーション, 模倣. em・u・la・tive ━━ a. em・u・la・tor ━━ n. 競争者; 見習う人; 【コンピュータ】エミュレータ ((ある機種用のプログラムを別の機種に解読・実行させるためのハードウェアやソフトウェア)).
emulate
verb [T] FORMAL
to copy something achieved by someone else and try to do it as well as they have:
They hope to emulate the success of other software companies.
Fitzgerald is keen to emulate Martin's record of three successive world titles.
emulation
noun [C or U] FORMALbicameral
adj.
- Composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches: a bicameral legislature.
- Medicine. Composed of or having two chambers, as an abscess divided by a septum.
deny
- To declare untrue; contradict.
- To refuse to believe; reject.
- To refuse to recognize or acknowledge; disavow.
- To decline to grant or allow; refuse: deny the student's request; denied the prisoner food or water.
- To give a refusal to; turn down or away: The protesters were determined not to be denied.
- To restrain (oneself) especially from indulgence in pleasures.
[Middle English denien, from Old French denier, from Latin dēnegāre : dē-, de- + negāre, to say no.]
SYNONYMS deny, contradict, contravene, disaffirm, gainsay, negate, traverse. These verbs mean to refuse to admit the existence, truth, or value of: denied the rumor; contradicted the statement; contravene a conclusion; disaffirm a suggestion; trying to gainsay the evidence; negated the allegations; traverse an indictment.
ANTONYM affirm
ANTONYM affirm
One Guardian headline read: "The 'Lean In' generation have become addicted to work. It has to stop"
Lean in became a business motto in 2013, taken from the title of the book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead written by Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, and Nell Scovell, a writer and Sandberg's collaborator. Sandberg's book outlines business strategies to help women achieve success, and its title perfectly paints a picture of what Sandberg believes women need to do to move up in the business world: to press ahead, to project confidence, to "sit at the table" and physically lean in to make herself heard.
Sandberg's book came out in the midst of a broader discussion regarding the work/life balance of women in corporate America, and while it became a bestseller, it also garnered a fair amount of criticism. (In fact, Sandberg herself admitted in 2016 that advice she gave in her book did not take into account the difficulty single mothers faced when trying to advance their careers). The words lean in became lexical shorthand for the act or process of a woman's asserting herself in the workplace:
If you are leaning in, as Sheryl Sandberg uses the term, you'll seize the opportunity to be promoted to the next level even if the chance comes when you have small children and you might have a tougher time juggling work and family in your new role.
— Katherine Lewis, "What Does 'Leaning In' Look Like For Working Moms?", About.com, 29 Jan. 2016The faster my career accelerated at Facebook, the more my financial returns diminished, until my workload was being elevated but not my salary or equity. Leaning in, then, starts to look like it can benefit companies more than it benefits workers, if companies, while asking that their women employees "lean in," refuse to commit to equitable pay.
— Kate Losse, Dissent Magazine, 26 March 2013
It didn't take long for lean in to gain another meaning, referring to broader steps or processes that encourage women in the workplace, regardless of whether those steps or processes are initiated by women. Yes, Sandberg later said—men should lean in:
Two years ago, I wrote a book that encouraged women to lean in. Maybe you've heard the phrase. Maybe you had no idea what it meant. Or maybe you steered clear of the whole concept because you didn't think it applied to men. Actually, it does. You — a man — can lean in, too.
— Sheryl Sandberg, Esquire Magazine, 12 March 2015
Lean in has even begun to be used as an attributive noun:
The 'Lean In' generation have become addicted to work. It has to stop
— Guardian.com headline, 10 March 2015
While lean in is certainly gaining currency, it doesn't yet have the widespread and sustained use necessary to be entered into the dictionary.
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