The Iraqi prime minister, Haider Abadi, faces many problems in fighting Islamic State (IS), but funding is among the biggest. The costs of war spiralled to an estimated $23 billion in 2015 even as oil prices, on which Iraq depends for the bulk of its revenues, have halved. As the state of Iraq struggles to replenish its arms, its multiple militias look set to play an ever more prominent role http://econ.st/1FADY9n
A farewell to arms
THE Iraqi prime minister, Haider Abadi, faces many problems in fighting Islamic State (IS), but funding is among the biggest. The costs of war spiralled to an...
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Among the sins that have most angered the austerity-weary everywhere is the use of undeclared offshore accounts to stash the wealth of the rich. Yet the tax-shy already have fewer places to hide. America’s gumshoes are following the money to many havens of secrecy, and other countries, keen to replenish depleted public coffers, are following suit http://econ.st/1D3NNzC
galosh[ga・losh]
発音記号[gəlɑ'ʃ | -lɔ'ʃ]
[名]
1 ((通例〜es))((古風))ガロッシュ：ゴム製オーバーシューズ.
Galoshes (from French: galoches), also known as boat shoes, dickersons, or overshoes, are a type of rubber boot that is slipped over shoes to keep them from getting muddy or wet. The word galoshes might be used interchangeably with boot, especially a rubberized boot. Properly speaking, however, galoshes are synonymous with rain boots often reaching heights just below the knee.
(noun) A waterproof overshoe.
Synonyms:
arctic, rubber, gumshoe
Usage:
This rain is not going to stop any time soon, so you had better dig your galoshes out of the closet.
Galoshes.
2 ((G-))ガロッシュ：旧ソ連の迎撃ミサイルのNATO側からの呼称.
A Soul cake is a small round cake which is traditionally made for All Saints Day or All Souls' Day to celebrate the dead.[1] The cakes, often simply referred to as souls, were given out to soulers (mainly consisting of children and the poor) who would go from door to door on Hallowmas singing and saying prayers for the dead. Each cake eaten would represent a soul being freed from Purgatory. The practice of giving and eating soul cakes is often seen as the origin of modern Trick or Treating.
"Mummer" redirects here. For other uses, see Mummer (disambiguation).
Weston Mummers who performed at the Packhorse Inn, Southstoke on Boxing Day 2007
Midwinter Mummers at the Whittlesea Straw Bear 2009
Mummers' Plays (also known as mumming) are seasonal folk plays performed by troupes of actors known as mummers or guisers (or by local names such as rhymers, pace-eggers, soulers, tipteerers, galoshins, guysers, and so on), originally from England (see wrenboys), but later in other parts of the world. They are sometimes performed in the street but more usually as house-to-house visits and in public houses. Although the term "mummers" has been used since medieval times, no play scripts or performance details survive from that era, and the term may have been used loosely to describe performers of several different kinds. Mumming may have precedents in German and French carnival customs, with rare but close parallels also in late medieval England (see below).
The earliest evidence of mummers' plays as they are known today (usually involving a magical cure by a quack doctor) is from the mid to late 18th century. Mumming plays should not be confused with the earlier mystery plays.
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gumshoe
(noun) A waterproof overshoe.
Synonyms:
arctic, rubber, gumshoe
Usage:
This rain is not going to stop any time soon, so you had better dig your galoshes out of the closet.
Galoshes.
2 ((G-))ガロッシュ：旧ソ連の迎撃ミサイルのNATO側からの呼称.
A Soul cake is a small round cake which is traditionally made for All Saints Day or All Souls' Day to celebrate the dead.[1] The cakes, often simply referred to as souls, were given out to soulers (mainly consisting of children and the poor) who would go from door to door on Hallowmas singing and saying prayers for the dead. Each cake eaten would represent a soul being freed from Purgatory. The practice of giving and eating soul cakes is often seen as the origin of modern Trick or Treating.
"Mummer" redirects here. For other uses, see Mummer (disambiguation).
Weston Mummers who performed at the Packhorse Inn, Southstoke on Boxing Day 2007
Midwinter Mummers at the Whittlesea Straw Bear 2009
Mummers' Plays (also known as mumming) are seasonal folk plays performed by troupes of actors known as mummers or guisers (or by local names such as rhymers, pace-eggers, soulers, tipteerers, galoshins, guysers, and so on), originally from England (see wrenboys), but later in other parts of the world. They are sometimes performed in the street but more usually as house-to-house visits and in public houses. Although the term "mummers" has been used since medieval times, no play scripts or performance details survive from that era, and the term may have been used loosely to describe performers of several different kinds. Mumming may have precedents in German and French carnival customs, with rare but close parallels also in late medieval England (see below).
The earliest evidence of mummers' plays as they are known today (usually involving a magical cure by a quack doctor) is from the mid to late 18th century. Mumming plays should not be confused with the earlier mystery plays.
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gumshoe
Line breaks: gum|shoe
Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌmʃuː/
Definition of gumshoe in English:
NOUN North American informal
A detective:he’d been intrigued enough to put a gumshoe on the case
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Origin
early 20th century: from gumshoes in the sense 'sneakers', suggesting stealth.
replenishLine breaks: re|plen¦ish
Pronunciation: /rɪˈplɛnɪʃ /
Definition of replenish in English:
VERB [WITH OBJECT]
1Fill (something) up again:he replenished Justin’s glass with mineral water
1.1
Restore (a stock or supply) to a former level or condition:all creatures need sleep to replenish theirenergies
Origin
late Middle English (in the sense 'supply abundantly'): from Old French repleniss-, lengthened stem of replenir, from re- 'again' (also expressing intensive force) + plenir'fill' (from Latin plenus 'full').
Derivatives
Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌmʃuː/
Definition of gumshoe in English:
NOUN North American informal
A detective:he’d been intrigued enough to put a gumshoe on the case
MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Origin
early 20th century: from gumshoes in the sense 'sneakers', suggesting stealth.
replenishLine breaks: re|plen¦ish
Pronunciation: /rɪˈplɛnɪʃ /
Definition of replenish in English:
VERB [WITH OBJECT]
1Fill (something) up again:he replenished Justin’s glass with mineral water
1.1
Restore (a stock or supply) to a former level or condition:all creatures need sleep to replenish theirenergies
Origin
late Middle English (in the sense 'supply abundantly'): from Old French repleniss-, lengthened stem of replenir, from re- 'again' (also expressing intensive force) + plenir'fill' (from Latin plenus 'full').
Derivatives
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