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While Tsai Ing-wen enjoys a strong lead, her victory is by no means assured.

Trailing in the polls weeks before election day, Taiwan’s opposition presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu was asked a straightforward question during an appearance on a late night talk show.

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Odds Look Long for Taiwan’s China-Friendly Presidential Contender

Disgusted by Donald Trump, many younger Christians, in particular, are rethinking the nexus between politics and faith

The evangelical divide

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Imitated, Never Duplicated

By DAVID POGUE

A technology reviewer explains why Steve Jobs was a singular talent. These changes come largely thanks to David J. Burney, a polite Englishman who has lived here for 30-odd years and, since 2004, has been Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s commissioner for the Department of Design and Construction. odd-lot intellectual NYSE Moves to Prevent Odd-Lot Abuses The NYSE imposed new limits on odd-lot trades -- typically trades of fewer than 100 shares -- to combat abuses after specialist firms complained to regulators. singular (sĭng'gyə-lər) adj. Being only one; individual. Being the only one of a kind; unique. Being beyond what is ordinary or usual; remarkable. Deviating from the usual or expected; odd. See synonyms at strange. Grammar. Of, relating to, or being a noun, pronoun, or adjective denoting a single person or thing or several entities considered as a single unit. Of, relating to, or being a verb expressing the action or state of a single subject. Logic. Of or relating to the specific as distinguished from the general; individual. n. Grammar The singular number or a form designating it. A word having a singular number. [Middle English singuler, from Old French, from Latin singulāris, from singulus, single. See single.] singularly sin'gu·lar·ly adv. singularness sin'gu·lar·ness n.

nex・us

━━ n. （pl. ～(es)） 結びつき, 連結, 連鎖; 結合体［体系］; 【文法】ネクサス.

noun [C usually singular] FORMAL
an important connection between the parts of a system or a group of things:
Times Square is the nexus of the New York subway.

n., pl., nexus, or -us·es.

1. A means of connection; a link or tie: "this nexus between New York's . . . real-estate investors and its . . . politicians" (Wall Street Journal).
2. A connected series or group.
3. The core or center: "The real nexus of the money culture [was] Wall Street" (Bill Barol).

[Latin, from past participle of nectere, to bind.]

Definition of long odds

: a poor chance of winningThe team has made some major improvements, but they still face long odds.

odd-lot
n.
A quantity that differs from a standard trading unit, especially an amount of stock of fewer than 100 shares.

odd-lot odd'-lot' (ŏd'lŏt') adj.