The board of Hewlett-Packard Co. is on the hot seat again.
Chairman Ray Lane and three fellow board members plan to meet with about 20 of the computer maker's big investors Monday in hopes of heading off a campaign to unseat Mr. Lane and two other directors.
The unusual outreach—a month before H-P's 11-member board stands for re-election—comes as investors remain frustrated by a string of blunders at the top of the company, including an $11 billion acquisition of U.K. software company Autonomy Corp. that was approved on Mr. Lane's watch and then largely written off.
As lines, so loves oblique may well
Themselves in every angle greet;
But ours so truly parallel,
Though infinite, can never meet.
Themselves in every angle greet;
But ours so truly parallel,
Though infinite, can never meet.
Therefore the love which us doth bind,
But Fate so enviously debars,
Is the conjunction of the mind,
And opposition of the stars.
But Fate so enviously debars,
Is the conjunction of the mind,
And opposition of the stars.
- To fasten securely with a long, straight, rigid piece of material.
- To shut in or out with or as if with bars.
- To obstruct or impede; block.
- To keep out; exclude. See synonyms at hinder1.
- To rule out; except.
- To mark with stripes or bands.
- Law. To stop (a claim or action) by objection.
debar
(dē-bär')
tr.v., -barred, -bar·ring, -bars.
- To exclude or shut out; bar.
- To forbid, hinder, or prevent.
[Middle English debarren, from Old French desbarer, to unbar : des-, de- + barer, to bar (from barre, bar; see bar1).]
debarment de·bar'ment n.+3
"Unbared" is the past tense of the verb "unbar," meaning to remove a bar, or to open something previously secured by a bar. It can also refer to removing obstacles to open something up, or to strip and uncover something that was not previously bared.
Definitions & Meanings
- Physical Opening: To remove the bar from a door or gate, thus making it unbolted or unlocked.
- Removal of Obstacles: To remove a barrier or impediment, allowing access or progress.
- Stripping/Uncovering: To lay bare, strip, or uncover something.
Example
- "He unbared the gate to let the visitors in".
- "The new policy aims to unbar access to education".
The phrase "the unbared heads" appears in Walt Whitman's poem "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," specifically in the context of mourning and death. The full line is: "and the unbared heads, / With the waiting depot, the arriving coffin, and the sombre faces".
This line from the poem describes the scene at a funeral or a train station where a coffin is being prepared or transported for a funeral procession.
- "Unbared heads": refers to uncovered heads, a gesture of respect during mourning or during the process of solemn burial.
- The surrounding imagery of the "waiting depot," "arriving coffin," and "sombre faces" reinforces the theme of loss and grief in the poem, which is dedicated to the memory of President Lincoln.
head off
Block the progress or completion of; also, intercept. For example, They worked round the clock to head off the flu epidemic, or Try to head him off before he gets home. [First half of 1800s] This expression gave rise to head someone off at the pass, which in Western films meant "to block someone at a mountain pass." It then became a general colloquialism for intercepting someone, as in Jim is going to the boss's office--let's head him off at the pass.
Meaning #1: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
Synonyms: debar, obviate, deflect, avert, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off
(自)進路を転じる.
eventuate
e·ven·tu·ate (ĭ-vĕn'chū-āt')
intr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.
To result ultimately: The epidemic eventuated in the deaths of thousands.
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