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Can European Recognition Bring Palestinian Statehood Any Closer?

Not on its own, in all likelihood. But it reflects a growing, global exasperation with Israel that might eventually lend momentum to a two-state solution.

Search Goes On for Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane

Five Asian countries mounted a search for the jet, which disappeared early Saturday with 239 people aboard, with particular attention to the waters between southernmost Vietnam and northern Malaysia. But by late afternoon the authorities had reported no success.


Hiking to the Edge of the Lower 48
By ETHAN TODRAS-WHITEHILL


On a trek across the Olympic National Park coast, racing the tide, climbing with ropes and, finally, reaching the westernmost point in the continental United States.

Facebook has become the third-largest nation

THE world's largest social network announced that it had reached 500m members on Wednesday July 21st. If Facebook were a physical nation, it would now be the third-most populous on earth. And if the service continues to grow as rapidly as in the three months to July, it will reach one billion in about 15 months—almost the size of India. Not least because of its gigantic population, some observers have started to talk of Facebook in terms of a country. “[It] is a device that allows people to get together and control their own destiny, much like our nation-state,” says David Post, a law professor at Temple University, Philadelphia. For more on social networks and statehood see article....







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age
n.
  1. The length of time that one has existed; duration of life: 23 years of age.
  2. The time of life when a person becomes qualified to assume certain civil and personal rights and responsibilities, usually at 18 or 21 years; legal age: under age; of age.
  3. One of the stages of life: the age of adolescence; at an awkward age.
  4. The state of being old; old age: hair white with age.
  5. often Age
    1. A period in the history of humankind marked by a distinctive characteristic or achievement: the Stone Age; the computer age.
    2. A period in the history of the earth, usually shorter than an epoch: the Ice Age.
    3. A period of time marked by the presence or influence of a dominant figure: the Elizabethan Age. See synonyms at period.
    1. The period of history during which a person lives: a product of his age.
    2. A generation: ages yet unborn.
  6. ages Informal. An extended period of time: left ages ago.

v., aged, ag·ing, ag·es. v.tr.
  1. To cause to become old.
  2. To cause to mature or ripen under controlled conditions: aging wine.
  3. To change (the characteristics of a device) through use, especially to stabilize (an electronic device).
v.intr.
  1. To become old.
  2. To manifest traits associated with old age.
  3. To develop a certain quality of ripeness; become mature: cheese aging at room temperature. See synonyms at mature.
phrasal verb:
age out Informal.
  1. To reach an age, 18 or 21 years, for example, at which one is no longer eligible for certain special services, such as education or protection, from the state.
idiom:
come of age
  1. To reach maturity.
[Middle English, from Old French aage, from Vulgar Latin *aetāticum, from Latin aetās, aetāt-, age.]
ager ag'er n.




nation-state
('shən-stāt')
n.
A political unit consisting of an autonomous state inhabited predominantly by a people sharing a common culture, history, and language.



-most

suff.
  1. Most: innermost.
  2. Nearest to: aftmost.*
((形容詞・副詞・名詞の語尾につけて最上級の形容詞・副詞をつくる))「もっとも…の」「最…」‖uppermost, utmost, topmost. .

* adj.
Farthest aft; aftermost.



utmost[ut・most]

  • 発音記号[ʌ'tmòust]
[形]((限定))
1 最大の, 最高度の, この上ない, 極度の
I will give the matter my utmost attention.
その問題に最大の注意を払おう.
2 もっとも遠い, 極限の
the utmost limits of the land
国のさい果て.
3 (順序・時間について)最後の
the utmost chance
最後のチャンス.
━━[名]((単数形のみ))
1 ((通例the [one's] 〜))最大の度合い[程度, 量], 最大限, (能力・力などの)最大限度, 最高, 最上, 最善
the utmost that can be hoped for
望みうる最大のこと
do one's utmost
最善を尽くす.
2 極度, 極限
at the utmost
せいぜい
to the utmost of (one's ability)
(自らの能力の)限り.
[古英語ūtemest(ūte外に+mest最上級語尾)]

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