Guzmán: The Buried Truth by Alma Guillermoprieto
Was Chapo Guzmán’s jailbreak part of a larger struggle between US drug...
NYBOOKS.COM
Joaquín “El Chapo” (Shorty) Guzmán, Mexico's most notorious drug trafficker and boss of the Sinaloa drug gang, escaped from Mexico’s highest-security prison on July 11th through a tunnel longer than 1.5km (one mile), and may have used a motorcycle to make his second spectacular jailbreak in almost 15 years. His escape is a serious embarrassment for President Enrique Peña Nietohttp://econ.st/1fAe1Rm
What is the worst job you've done?
Long ago, when I was 22, I was giving occasional pieces to the local rag in the small mining town where I lived. When the editor went on holiday, I, for some reason, took over. A new prison was big news the week I was in charge and I spelled it gaol instead of jail. The typesetter changed it to goal. So it came out as "The goal of the city council". It was the most embarrassing thing.
A manhunt was under way in Paris today after a gunman burst into the offices of Libération, a daily newspaper, and shot a photographer, leaving him in a critical condition. A second shooting occurred shortly afterwards outside the head office of Société Générale, a French bank, at La Défense business district to the west of the capital http://econ.st/1dNRObJ
Al Qaeda Asserts Responsibility for Iraqi Prison Breaks
“Unless recaptured, those who escaped in the jailbreak will add to the pool of experienced operatives sustaining Al-Qaeda’s rising influence in Syria and Iraq,” writes Eugene Gorrin.
'The Way of the Knife'
By MARK MAZZETTI
Reviewed by FRED KAPLAN
Mark Mazzetti argues that the C.I.A. gave up its traditional functions as it embraced manhunting.
Collision Course
It was the longest, most costly manhunt in science for an elusive particle that was said to be key to the workings of the universe. For a generation of physicists, it was an appointment with history.
Japan jailbreak sparks manhunt, has city on edge
CBS News
(AP) TOKYO — The daring jailbreak of a dangerous criminal wearing only his prison-issued underwear has sparked an intense manhunt in a southern Japanese city and prompted schools to advise children to travel in supervised groups until he is caught. ...
Senate Democrats Shelve Climate Bill
Efforts to tackle global warming are on ice until the fall, says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Teens Bond by Hacking iPhones With Friends
A loose-knit group of hackers has made it a mission to "jailbreak" Apple's iPhone and iPod touch, foiling their engineers and annoying CEO Steve Jobs.
Jail for Korea web-neglect father A South Korean court jails a man whose baby daughter starved to death while he played an online game.
typesetter
[名] 植字工［機］. ⇒týpe・sèt
typesetting
NOUN
NOUN
Pronunciation: /dʒeɪl/
(British also gaol)
NOUN
Origin
Middle English: based on Latin cavea (see cage). The word came into English in two forms, jaiole from Old French and gayole from Anglo-Norman French gaole(surviving in the spelling gaol), originally pronounced with a hard g, as in goat.
jailbreak
n.
An escape from jail.
foil
tr.v., foiled, foil·ing, foils.
- To prevent from being successful; thwart.
- To obscure or confuse (a trail or scent) so as to evade pursuers.
- A repulse; a setback.
- The trail or scent of an animal.
1. In reserve or readiness. This idiom often occurs with put, meaning "to place in reserve," as in Let's put that proposal on ice until we have the funds to implement it. This usage alludes to putting things in cold storage for preservation. [Slang; late 1800s]
2. In prison, as in He's been on ice for ten years. This usage may be derived in part from the slang term cooler for "jail." [Slang; c. 1930]
3. With a good chance of success, as in I'm sure she'll win--it's on ice. [Slang; early 1900s]
Definition of manhunt
noun
- manhunt
- 音節
- mán • hùnt
- manhuntの変化形
- manhunts (複数形)
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