2013年8月16日 星期五

formula, veterinary, nstalgia, abracadabra, profiteering

Select Iams and Eukanuba pet foods have been recalled due to possible salmonella contamination.
Select Iams and Eukanuba pet foods have been recalled due to possible salmonella contamination.
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As part of an ongoing product recall initiative, on July 30 the Procter & Gamble Company expanded their voluntary recall action to include all products manufactured in their Lewisburg, Ohio plant. Affected formulas include Eukanuba Pure, Eukanuba Custom Care (Sensitive Skin), Eukanuba Naturally Wild, and the Iams Veterinary Formula series of foods.











Resentment against the military is still strong not only because of the martial law era, but because it is widely considered as a place for profiteering and bullying, our correspondent adds.



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CHOICE Ann Roberts, of Atlanta, wanted to nurse exclusively, but after facing problems, supplements with formula, using the brand she got as a sample.

Hospitals Ditch Formula Samples to Promote Breast-Feeding

By PAM BELLUCK
Health authorities and breast-feeding advocates are urging hospitals to stop handing out samples of formula, saying they can undermine the resolve to breast-feed.


n the nanotechnology lab, for example, abracadabra moments occur often. A pool of black liquid contains tiny iron particles that jump up to a hovering magnet and form little "solid" spikes that, when touched, turn out to still be liquid.


Shock, Awe and Abracadabra
A hand-held wand wielded by Iraq’s security teams is supposed to detect car bombs and weapons but has become a symbol of corruption and war profiteering.

Christmas magic at Abracadabra Child Care
As Christmas approached when my daughter was 4, she had one wish. Okay, she wanted a bunch of toys. But beyond that, she really, really, really wanted to play Mary in the annual Christmas pageant at her preschool.
(By Brigid Schulte, The Washington Post)


1940/12/24
不知為什麼胡適日記有兩英文字
每逢佳節被思家? nostalgia



profiteer

Pronunciation: /prɒfɪˈtɪə/
Translate profiteer | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

verb

[no object] (often as noun profiteering)
  • make or seek to make an excessive or unfair profit, especially illegally:seven food merchants were charged with profiteering

noun

  • a person who profiteers:a war profiteer



abracadabra 呢 ?
abracadabra!

nostalgia
(nŏ-stăl'jə, nə-) pronunciation
n.
  1. A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past.
  2. The condition of being homesick; homesickness.
[Greek nostos, a return home + -ALGIA.]


abracadabra
(ăb'rə-kə-dăb') pronunciation
n.
  1. A magical charm or incantation having the power to ward off disease or disaster.
  2. Foolish or unintelligible talk.
[Late Latin, magical formula.]
WORD HISTORY "Abracadabra," says the magician, unaware that at one time the thing to do with the word was wear it, not say it. Abracadabra was a magic word, the letters of which were arranged in an inverted pyramid and worn as an amulet around the neck to protect the wearer against disease or trouble. One fewer letter appeared in each line of the pyramid, until only a remained to form the vertex of the triangle. As the letters disappeared, so supposedly did the disease or trouble. While magicians still use abracadabra in their performances, the word itself has acquired another sense, "foolish or unintelligible talk."


vet·er·i·nar·y (vĕt'ər-ə-nĕr'ē, vĕt'rə-) pronunciation
adj.
Of or relating to veterinary medicine; concerned or connected with the medical or surgical treatment of animals, especially domestic animals.

n., pl., -ies.
A veterinarian.

[Latin veterīnārius, from veterīnae, beasts of burden, from feminine pl. of veterīnus, of beasts of burden.]

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