2025年10月26日 星期日

observance, stoke grievance, play God, of every stripe. of all stripes.Private military companies come in many different stripes

 

The mercenary business is on the brink of another boom 

Private military companies come in many different stripes




Today join Cornell’s military community on a tour of campus war memorials as part of an observance of Veterans Day: https://events.cornell.edu/event/cornell_military_history_walking_tour

At sunset tonight, McGraw Tower will be lit green to recognize Cornellians who have served in the military.

Xinjiang
Fast and loose

The party’s interference in the observance of Ramadan stokes grievances in China’s north-west (54)
 
 
LOOKING AHEAD
All U.S. markets will be closed on Thursday in observance of Thanksgiving. The New York Stock Exchange will close early, at 1 p.m., on Friday. The Treasury market will also close early on Friday, at 2 p.m.


The DPP expressed surprise at the sudden reports of reconciliation. Opposition chief legislative whip Chai Trong-rong said he was amazed how two politicians who used to call each other names succeeded in meeting for more than two hours.
Lee’s supporters in the TSU said it was normal for politicians of any stripe to visit a former president.



The recent pleas from the Big Three U.S. auto makers for a bailout from Washington have kept the spotlight on Detroit. But Toyota's forecast of an operating loss indicates auto makers of every stripe are facing extraordinary challenges.

Sometime in the next few days, three men will make a decision that comes awfully close to playing God with the Chesapeake Bay.
(By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post)

  1. Belief in evolution: Untouched by the hand of God

Outside the Vatican, prognosticators of all stripes scrambled to predict what name would be announced from the basilica balcony.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2025

No one is officially on board, although Mann is said to have been meeting with actors for months and this is the kind of movie project that actors of all stripes want to be part of.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
在梵蒂岡之外,各種預測者都爭相預測教堂陽台上會宣布哪個名字。
——傑克‧穆塔格,《科學美國人》,2025年10月11日
目前還沒有人正式加入,儘管據說曼恩已經與演員們會面數月,而且這是各行各業的演員都想參與的電影項目。
——米婭·加盧波,《好萊塢報道》,2025年10月7日
Medical providers of all stripes are behind these bills — big health care chains, small rural hospitals, physician groups, public ambulance services, and more.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
In time, Zionists of all stripes would be forced out of this denial.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
各種醫療機構都支持這些法案——大型醫療連鎖機構、小型鄉村醫院、醫生團體、公共救護服務等等。
——雷‧艾倫‧比切爾,《財星》,2025年9月29日
假以時日,各種猶太復國主義者都將被迫放棄這種否認。
——Arash Azizi,《大西洋月刊》,2025 年 9 月 16 日



play God
to act as if you are in total control of something:
Genetic engineers should not be allowed to play God, interfering with the basic patterns of Nature.

of every stripe FORMAL
of all types:
Governments of every stripe (= of all political opinions) have a bad habit of interfering in state broadcasting.

of all stripes

idiom

of all kinds
classes for artists of all stripes


stripe
━━ n. 筋, しま; しま模様, しま柄の織物; 【軍】(pl.) そで章; 〔米〕 種類, 型.
━━ vt. しま[筋を]つける.
 striped ━━ a. 筋の入った, しま模様の.
 strip・y ━━ a.


observance

[名]
1 [U](法律・慣行・戒律などに)従うこと, 守ること, 遵守
the observance of traffic laws
交通法規の遵守.
2 [U]祝うこと, 祝賀;[C]((しばしば〜s))式典, 儀式
the observance of the anniversary of a person's death
回忌の儀式[法要](を執り行うこと)
religious observances
宗教儀式.
3 慣例, しきたり.
4 [U]観察, 観測.
5 《カトリック》(修道会の)規則, 会則;(一定の戒律による)修道会.

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