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Voters have delivered a stinging rebuke to incumbents, most clearly in Germany and above all in France. Emmanuel Macron, who saw the hard right trounce his own candidates, responded by dissolving the French parliament and calling a risky snap election https://econ.st/4ca5sZE
You are the absolute bollocks.
After
Helen Mirren's sweary performance at a recent awards ceremony, a Daily
Mail columnist was moved to write: "The more girls swear, the less they
will be held in respect by blokes." What a load of bollocks, says Holly
Baxter
Holly Baxter: The Daily Mail columnist's precepts on feminine decorum...
The Guardian|由 Holly Baxter 上傳
National Parks Try to Appeal to Minorities
By KIRK JOHNSON
Only about one in five visitors to a National Park site is nonwhite,
according to a report commissioned by the Park Service, and only about 1
in 10 is Hispanic.
Wikipedia article Sorbs.
Texan Sorbs travel to Germany in search of ancestral roots
A group of Texan visitors, descendants of the Slavic minority, the Sorbs, recently traveled through eastern Germany in an attempt to see for themselves where their ancestors come from.
And that’s a threat to take
seriously. Yes, the worst terrorist attack in our history was
perpetrated by a foreign conspiracy. But the second worst, the Oklahoma
City bombing, was perpetrated by an all-American lunatic. Politicians
and media organizations wind up such people at their, and our, peril.
WorldCom ex-executive Scott Sullivan, who helped
perpetrate
an $11 billion accounting fraud at the company, won't have to pay a
fine because his fortune has already been given up, regulators said.
Which is why most companies and managers will continue to ignore the facts, make the same mistakes and
perpetrate the same old bollocks: not fact-based so much as voodoo management.
bollocks
(
bŏl'əks)
n. Vulgar Slang.
- The testicles.
- Nonsense.)
[TREATED AS SINGULAR] Nonsense; rubbish (used to express contempt or disagreement, or as an exclamation of annoyance).
perpetrate Show phonetics
verb [T] FORMAL
to commit a crime, or a violent or harmful act:
In Britain, half of all violent crime is perpetrated by people who have been drinking alcohol.
Federal soldiers have been accused of perpetrating atrocities against innocent people.
perpetrate,
tr.v.,
-trat·ed,
-trat·ing,
-trates.
To be responsible for; commit:
perpetrate a crime; perpetrate a practical joke.
[Latin perpetrāre, perpetrāt-, to accomplish : per-, per- + patrāre, to bring about (from pater, father).]
perpetration per'pe·tra'tion n.
perpetrator per'pe·tra'tor n.
perpetration Show phonetics
noun [U] FORMAL
Human rights activists have accused the country's government of a systematic perpetration of violence against minority groups.
perpetrator Show phonetics
noun [C] (
US OLD-FASHIONED SLANG perp)
FORMAL
someone who has committed a crime, or a violent or harmful act:
The perpetrators of the massacre must be brought to justice as war criminals.
Texas
(
Abbr. TX or
Tex.)
A state of the south-central United States. It was admitted as the 28th state in 1845. Explored by the Spanish in the 16th and 17th centuries, the region became a province of Mexico in the early 19th century. Texans won their independence in 1836 after a gallant but losing stand at the Alamo in February and a defeat of Santa Anna's forces at the Battle of San Jacinto (April 21). Denied admission as a state by antislavery forces in the U.S. Congress, the leaders of Texas formed an independent republic that lasted until 1845. Austin is the capital and Houston the largest city. Population: 23,900,000.
Texan Tex'an adj. & n.
bloke
Line breaks:
bloke
Origin
mid 19th century: from Shelta.
minority
Translate minority | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
noun (plural minorities)
1the smaller number or part, especially a number or part representing less than half of the whole:only a minority of properties are rented those who acknowledge his influence are in the minority [as modifier]:a minority party
the number of votes cast for or by the smaller party in a legislative assembly:a blocking minority of 23 votes
a
small group of people within a community or country, differing from the
main population in race, religion, language, or political persuasion:ethnic minorities [as modifier]:minority rights
2 [mass noun] the state or period of being under the age of full legal responsibility: intrigues between factions striving to make the king their puppet continued throughout his minority
Origin:
late 15th century (in sense 2): from French
minorité or medieval Latin
minoritas, from Latin
minor 'smaller'
(see minor)
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