BREAKING: The Oracle of Omaha is giving his top lieutenants a bigger voice.
At Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting in May, shareholders will be able to submit questions to be answered by Ajit Jain or Greg Abel.
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Warren Buffett Nods at Succession
VIRGINIA SCANDALS
Second Woman Accuses Virginia Lieutenant Governor of Sexual Assault
- The new allegation follows one by a California professor, Vanessa Tyson, who says Lt. Gov. Justin E. Fairfax sexually assaulted her in 2004.
Off and Out With Mitt Romney
By PAUL KRUGMAN
All the talk of
offshoring and outsourcing has Mitt Romney on the defense. But what was
good for Bain Capital definitely would not be good for America.
Diamond Ducks in Parliament, Points to Other Banks
Former
Barclays CEO Robert Diamond sought to cast doubt about the behavior of
other banks as he dodged questions over how it was possible he wasn't
aware of the attempted manipulation of a key interbank lending rate by
his top lieutenant at the bank.
- off and on
- 断続的に；時々 The baby cried off and on all night.赤ん坊は一晩じゅう思い出したように泣いていた.▼on-and-offは形容詞的に用いる.
Darwinian (dar-WIN-ee-uhn)
adjective
1. Relating to Charles Darwin or his theory of natural selection.
2. Marked by competitive behavior, suggesting survival of the fittest.
Etymology
After Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882), English naturalist and author who published his groundbreaking theory of natural selection.
Usage
"P&G traditionally was known as a conservative fortress, pitting teams of employees against each other in a Darwinian struggle that sometimes seemed to place a higher priority on winning within P&G than beating competition or appealing to consumers." — Cliff Peale; P&G Loses Stodginess to Build Profits; The Cincinnati Enquirer (Ohio); Dec 13, 2004.
"(Lieutenant Harms) also observes subtler, almost Darwinian maneuvers by combat veterans to form teams of stronger soldiers to boost their chances of survival." — Ann Scott Tyson; For Army, It's Operation Stretch; The Christian Science Monitor (Boston, Massachusetts); Dec 9, 2004.
lieutenant[lieu・ten・ant]
- 発音記号[luːténənt；《陸軍》leftén-, 《海軍》lətén-]
（▼発音注意）[名]
1 《米国陸軍・空軍・海兵隊》中尉(first lieutenant)；少尉(second lieutenant)；《海軍》大尉；《英国陸軍》中尉.
3 ((米))（警察の）警部補；（消防署の）副分隊［署］長（⇒SERGEANT 2）.(lū-tĕn'ənt)
n.
- (Abbr. LT or Lt.) A commissioned rank in the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard that is above lieutenant junior grade and below lieutenant commander.
- A first lieutenant.
- A second lieutenant.
- One who holds the rank of lieutenant, first lieutenant, or second lieutenant.
- (lĕf-tĕn'ənt) A commissioned officer in the British and Canadian navies ranking just below a lieutenant commander.
- An officer in a police or fire department ranking below a captain.
- One who acts in place of or represents a superior; an assistant or deputy: the organized crime figure and his lieutenants. See synonyms at assistant.
[Middle English, deputy, from Old French : lieu, lieu; see lieu + tenant, present participle of tenir, to hold (from Latin tenēre).]
lieutenancy lieu·ten'an·cy n.
WORD HISTORY What is the connection between a lieutenant governor and a lieutenant in the army? In the etymology of the word lieutenant, at least, the connection lies in their holding a place; that is, the word lieutenant is from an Old French compound made up of lieu, "place," and tenant, "holding." The word in Old French and the borrowed Middle English word lieutenant,
first recorded near the end of the 14th century, referred to a person
who acted for another as a deputy. This usage has survived, for example,
in our term lieutenant governor, the deputy of the governor and the one who replaces the governor if need be. In military parlance lieutenant appears by itself as well as in compounds such as first lieutenant and second lieutenant,
which muddy the water a bit, but the original notion of the word in
military usage was that the officer it referred to ranked below the next
one up and could replace him if need be. A lieutenant in the U.S. Army
could thus step into the shoes of a captain.
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