keep it all kin, castrato,Tubular, bring to bay

Brown-Forman tries to keep it all kin

In an effort to ensure that it remains independent and under family control, Jack Daniel's maker Brown-Forman is pushing to get family shareholders more involved in the company.

閹人

　如今藝術中的"閹人"———只看不做———已經不是批評家，而是藝術 史家了，他們已經不能夠識別他們要看的是什麼，德 里達也無法告訴他們。

又譬如說，以前介紹過趙琴的《閹人歌 手 (Castrato)的 興盛與衰亡》，可以在《老實人 第12章 老婦人遭 遇的下文》讀到：「我生在那不勒斯，那兒每年閹割二三千名兒童，….. 有 的因此得到一副比女人還美麗的嗓子，還有的將統治國家。」
《绝世阉 伶》(Farinelli, il Castrato)

Tubular
Fluorescent lamps first appeared on market shelves in 1938, and by the 1950s they were lighting up most of America. More efficient and cheaper than their incandescent predecessors, fluorescents have slowly become a global lighting standard, nudging Edison's filament bulb close to extinction

almost in resentment, as if brought to bay.


BAY
To bring to bay: "too big for the dogs which tried to bay it" (William Faulkner).

kin
n.

1. (used with a pl. verb) One's relatives; family; kinfolk.
2. A kinsman or kinswoman.

adj.
Related; akin.

[Middle English, from Old English cyn.]

kin

IN BRIEF: Relatives.

So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. — zaadz.com.