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President Biden fired the architect of the Capitol after a report said he’d abused his office, misled investigators and impersonated a police officer.
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Genetic Connections
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Scientists are studying the genetic makeup of the Del Sontro family
for telltale mutations or aberrations in the long sequence of three
billion chemicals that make up human DNA.
“I get bored if I'm not made up,” said Naoko. She gets up at 5 a.m. and spends at least two hours applying false eyelashes, false hair extensions, layers of foundation and other complicated makeup procedures.
Like most Japanese women, doll impersonators stop short of cosmetic surgery.
Goldman Sachs Dictionary Reveals Hidden Truth: Jonathan Weil
BusinessWeek
All the senators need to follow the testimony is a handy-dandy Goldmanese-to-English dictionary, excerpts from which will be provided shortly. .
Failed Car Bomb in Times Square Could Have Made ‘Fireball’
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM and AL BAKER
Officials offered a more detailed description of the bomb’s makeup and
were reviewing surveillance footage of a man walking away from the area
where the S.U.V. had been parked.
Like most Japanese women, doll impersonators stop short of cosmetic surgery.
stop short
1. Also, stop one short. Check abruptly, as in When we tried to cross the street, the barrier stopped us short. [Early 1300s]
2. Cause someone to stop speaking, as in I was about to tell them the date when my father stopped me short. [Late 1800s]
3. stop short of. Not go so far as to do or say something. For example, He may embroider the truth but he stops short of actually lying. This usage was first recorded in 1818.
Like most Japanese women, doll impersonators stop short of cosmetic surgery.
stop short
1. Also, stop one short. Check abruptly, as in When we tried to cross the street, the barrier stopped us short. [Early 1300s]
2. Cause someone to stop speaking, as in I was about to tell them the date when my father stopped me short. [Late 1800s]
3. stop short of. Not go so far as to do or say something. For example, He may embroider the truth but he stops short of actually lying. This usage was first recorded in 1818.
stop short of
Not go as far as (some extreme action):the measures stopped short of establishing direct trade links
handy-dandy
n. (hănd"y̆*dăn`dy̆)A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit. Piers Plowman.fireball
n.
- A brilliantly burning sphere.
- A highly luminous, intensely hot spherical cloud of dust, gas, and vapor generated by a nuclear explosion.
- A meteor that is as bright or brighter than the brightest planets.
impersonate
Line breaks: im|per¦son|ate
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpəːs(ə)neɪt /
VERB
Pretend to be (another person) for entertainment or fraud:it’s a very serious offence to impersonate a police officer
Derivatives
Definition of make-up
noun
[mass noun]
4 [count noun] North American a supplementary test or assignment given to a student who missed or failed the original one: I would have flunked the course but she let me write a make-up
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