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THE MEDIA EQUATION

Trump Had One Last Story to Sell. The Wall Street Journal Wouldn’t Buy It.

Inside the White House’s secret, last-ditch effort to change the narrative, and the election — and the return of the media gatekeepers.

Journalists at The Wall Street Journal were skeptical about a story presented by three close allies of the president.Credit...Kevin Hagen/Getty Images

The clause being used to ditch contracts is typically only respected by courts in London and Hong KongIs a lengthy legal tangle inevitable?
ECONOMIST.COM


Chinese firms are using obscure legal tactics to get out of contracts
To Save Our Economy, Ditch Taiwan
New York Times
Here is one: He should enter into closed-door negotiations with Chinese leaders to write off the $1.14 trillion of American debt currently held by China in exchange for a deal to end American military assistance and arms sales to Taiwan and terminate ...


Dell to Ditch 25,000 BlackBerrys

In a direct shot at BlackBerry, Dell plans to move its 25,000 employees over to its own line of smartphones and then aggressively market a service to help other companies do the same.

Last-Ditch Appeal Stalls Georgia Execution

By KIM SEVERSON and JOHN SCHWARTZ 14 minutes ago

The execution of Troy Davis, scheduled for 7 p.m., was temporarily on hold while Georgia authorities awaited a review by the United States Supreme Court.

last ditch

(lăst'dĭch')
adj.
Done or made as a final recourse, especially to prevent a crisis or disaster: a last-ditch effort to avert the threatened strike.

ditch
n.
A long narrow trench or furrow dug in the ground, as for irrigation, drainage, or a boundary line.


v., ditched, ditch·ing, ditch·es. v.tr.

1. To dig or make a long narrow trench or furrow in.
2. To surround with a long narrow trench or furrow.
3. 1. To drive (a vehicle) into a long narrow trench, as one beside a road.
   2. To derail (a train).
4. Slang.
   1. To get rid of; discard: ditched the old yard furniture.
   2. To get away from (a person, especially a companion).
   3. To discontinue use of or association with: ditch the job at the hamburger stand.
   4. To skip (class or school).
5. To crash-land (an aircraft) on water.

v.intr.

1. To dig a ditch.
2. To crash-land in water. Used of an aircraft or a pilot.

[Middle English dich, from Old English dīc.]

[名]水路, みぞ；どぶ；（おおいのない）掘り割り.

be driven to the last ditch

どたん場に追い込まれる.

die in a ditch

のたれ死ぬ.

die in ［at］ the last ditch

力をつくして最後まで戦う.

━━[動](他)

1 〈ある場所に〉みぞを掘る, 掘り割りを巡らす.

2 ((主に米))〈列車を〉脱線させる(derail)；〈自動車を〉みぞに落とす；〈飛行機を〉不時着水させる.

3 ((俗))〈学校・授業などを〉サボる；…をやっかい払いする(get rid of)；…からのがれる；…を見捨てる；〈恋人を〉振る

Let's ditch her parents and go to the movies.
彼女の両親をまいて映画に行こう.

━━(自)

1 みぞを掘る.

2 〈飛行機が〉不時着水する.

［古英語dic（みぞ）の南部方言形dich. △DIKE］


potash
n.

1. See potassium carbonate.
2. See potassium hydroxide.
3. Any of several compounds containing potassium, especially soluble compounds such as potassium oxide, potassium chloride, and various potassium sulfates, used chiefly in fertilizers.

[Sing. of obsolete pot ashes, translation of obsolete Dutch potaschen (from the fact that this substance was originally obtained by leaching wood ashes and evaporating the leach in a pot).]

n. - 碳酸鉀, 苛性鉀



leach (lēch) 
v., leached, leach·ing, leach·es. v.tr.

1. To remove soluble or other constituents from by the action of a percolating liquid.
2. To empty; drain: "a world leached of pleasure, voided of meaning" (Marilynne Robinson).

v.intr.
To be dissolved or passed out by a percolating liquid.

n.

1. The act or process of leaching.
2. A porous, perforated, or sievelike vessel that holds material to be leached.
3. The substance through which a liquid is leached.

[From Middle English leche, leachate, from Old English *lece, muddy stream, akin to leccan, to moisten.]

leachability leach'a·bil'i·ty n.
leachable leach'a·ble adj.
leacher leach'er n.

The Atlantic 

Uncovered windows have quietly become a fixture of high-end homes across America. How did ditching the curtains become such a common marker of wealth? Michael Waters reported in January: https://theatln.tc/SkTGEd6u