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President Obama announced during his State of the Union Address that he’s putting Vice President Biden in charge of carrying out the “moonshot” to cure cancer that Biden called for following his son’s death.








Flush with cash from the European Union and backed by a phalanx of ultra-loyalist MPs, Viktor Orban, Hungary's prime minister, seems unstoppable. Brushing aside concerns about democracy, the European Commission last month signed a €21.9 billion ($28.2 billion) partnership agreement. Hungary will also get €3.45 billion for rural development and €39m for fisheries http://econ.st/1peQd3d






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Google's latest “moonshot” project is Project Loon, a phalanx of balloons that sail in the stratosphere like low level satellites. The objective is to bring broadband capability to less developed parts of the world,
Johnson & Johnson on Thursday recalled several types of Rolaids antacids in the U.S. because of reports of metal and wood particles in the products.

The products include Rolaids Extra Strength Softchews, Rolaids Extra Strength plus Gas Softchews and Rolaids Multi-Symptom plus Anti-Gas Softchews. The company says the materials were potentially introduced into the products during the manufacturing process at an outside manufacturer.
The New Brunswick, N.J., company — which has issued multiple recalls in recent months — is suspending production of the Rolaids products in question.

In November, it recalled Children's Benadryl Allergy Fastmelt Tablets, Junior Strength Motrin Caplets, and Extra Strength Rolaids softchews. It issued that recall after reviewing its manufacturing process in the wake of a series of product recalls over the last year. The company said it found unspecified problems related to Benadryl and Motrin products.



By Sept. 17, Obama must decide whether to slap a 55 percent tariff on tires imported from China, as recommended by a federal trade panel, or leave the matter alone, as a phalanx of lobbyists representing manufacturers in China and U.S. companies that import from them are urging.






The Xi insider now overseeing Beijing's semiconductor agenda.



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phalanx
n., pl. pha·lanx·es or pha·lan·ges (fə-lăn'jēz, fā-).

1. A compact or close-knit body of people: “formed a solid phalanx in defense of the Constitution and Protestant religion” (G.M. Trevelyan).
2. A formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears, developed by Philip II of Macedon and used by Alexander the Great.
3. pl. phalanges. Anatomy. A bone of a finger or toe. Also called phalange.
4. See phalanstery (sense 1).

[Latin phalanx, phalang-, from Greek.]

━━ n. （pl. 〜es, pha・lan・ges ） 【古ギリシア】密集部隊; （結束した）軍団［集団］; 同志の集まり; （人・動物の）密集; 【解】指骨, 趾骨(しこつ).

phalanx

Line breaks: phal|anx

Pronunciation: /ˈfalaŋks /

NOUN

1(plural phalanxes) A body of troops or police officersstanding or moving in close formation:six hundred marchers set off, led by a phalanx ofpolice

1.1A group of people or things of a similar typeforming a compact body:he headed past the phalanx of waiting reportersto the line of limos

1.2(In ancient Greece) a body of Macedonianinfantry drawn up in close order with shieldstouching and long spears overlapping.

2(plural phalanges /fəˈlan(d)ʒiːz/) Anatomy A bone of the finger or toe.

Origin

mid 16th century (denoting a body of Macedonian infantry): via Latin from Greek.

gas

[名]（複〜・es, ((また米))〜・ses）

1 [U][C]《物理学》気体（⇒SOLID, LIQUID[名]1）；（空気以外の）ガス, （混合）気体.

2 [U]麻酔用ガス, 笑気.

3 [U]（燃料用の）ガス, 石炭ガス；毒ガス；（炭鉱の）坑内ガス

fuel gas
燃料ガス.

4 [U]((米略式))
(1) ガソリン

be out of gas
ガソリンが切れている.

(2) ((通例the 〜))（自動車などの）アクセル

Take your foot off the gas.
アクセルを離せ.

5 [U]((米俗))（腸内の）ガス；((略式))おなら（((英))wind）

have gas
腹にガスがたまる

pass gas
おならをする.

6 [U]((俗))むだ話, ほら.

7 ((a 〜))((米))
(1) ((俗))非常に楽しい［すばらしい］人［もの］

It's a gas.
すごいぞ.

(2) 強く影響を与える人［もの］.

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Women’s Slap Sole Shoe, 1640-50, England

In the ground-floor gallery, the “Status” theme reveals how impractical shoes have been worn to reflect a privileged lifestyle. An example of this is the slap-sole shoe (so-called because in the 17th century, to avoid heels from sinking into the dirt of unpaved roads, a flat sole was added to the bottom of the shoe, creating a slap-slap noise).

slap[slap]

• 発音記号[slǽp]
• 
  

[名]

1 平手打ち

get ［give］ a slap on the cheek
ほおに平手打ちをくらう［くらわす］.

2 平手打ちの（ような）音.

3 （痛烈な）非難；（…に対する）拒絶((at ...)).

a slap and tickle

((英略式))どたばたの余興；（男女の）いちゃつき.

a slap in the face

((略式))横っつらを張られる思い；面と向かっての侮辱, ひじ鉄砲.

a slap on the back

賞賛.

a slap on the wrist

((略式))軽い［生ぬるい］罰.

have a slap at ...

((略式))…をやってみる.

━━[動]（〜ped, 〜・ping）(他)［III[名]（[副]）］

1 …を（平たいもので）ピシャリと打つ；〈人の〉（…に）平手打ちをくらわす((in, on ...))；往復びんたをくらわす((around))；…をピシャリとたたきつける. ⇒HIT[類語]

He slapped her on the cheek. ［＝He slapped her cheek. ］
彼女のほおをピシャリとたたいた.

2 〈平たい物を〉（…に）たたきつけるように置く((down/on ...))

slap the books down
本をドサッと下に置く

He slapped down a five dollar bill on the counter.
彼は5ドル紙幣をカウンターの上にたたきつけるように置いた.

3 ((略式))…を（さっと）置く, （…に）つける, 塗る((on, onto ...))；〈料金・税金などを〉（…に）課す((on ...))；…を（…で）取り締まる((with ...))

slap some butter on the bread
パンにバターを塗る

slap a new tax on imported cars
輸入車に新しい税を課す

Slap a shirt on.
さっさとシャツを着なさい.

4 〈風が〉〈ほおなどを〉打つ.

━━(自)（…に当たって）（平手打ちのような）音を立てる((at, against ...))

Rain slapped at the window.
雨が窓を打ちつけた.

[語法]他の動詞の代わりに用いて動作のす早さ, 手荒さなどを暗示する場合がある：slap ［throw, put］togetherぞんざいに作り上げる/The drunken driver was slapped into jail. 酒酔い運転者は留置所へぶち込まれた.

slap ... down/slap down ...

(1) ((略式))〈人・行動などを〉やめさせる, 〈人を〉黙らせる；はねつける.
(2) ⇒(他)2

slap in the face

(1) ⇒(他)1
(2) 侮辱する；拒絶する, ひじ鉄砲をくらわす.

━━[副]((略式))

1 ピシャリと；突然に.

2 まっすぐに, まともに

slap in the middle of ...
…の真ん中に.

［低地ドイツ語slapp. 擬声語］

a plan or aim to do something that seems almost impossible:

The company has received funding from the US Department of Energy, so it looks as if someone believes this moonshot could work.

He believes the Covid testing moonshot is the only way out for the UK economy in the face of a probable winter surge.

Moon shot or moonshot may refer to:

• The United States Apollo program
• The abortive Soviet Moonshot
• Moonshot (Google), a Google project to be realized long-term (10+ years). See also: Google X