By ANNIE LOWREY
Officials worry that insurance risk pools could become too risky if
not enough younger people sign up for coverage, causing premiums to
escalate.
Round Up the Usual Scapegoats
By FRANK BRUNI
Jews, gays and others are worrying about Hungary's tilt.
round-up
n.
1. The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in. [Western U.S.]
2. A rounding up, or upward curvature or convexity, as in the deck of a vessel.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A gathering in of scattered persons or things; as, a round-up of criminals. [Colloq., U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
petrichor (PET-ri-kuhr)
noun
The pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell.
Etymology
From petro- (rock), from Greek petros (stone) + ichor (the fluid that is supposed to flow in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology). Coined by researchers I.J. Bear and R.G. Thomas.
Usage
"Petrichor, the name for the smell of rain on dry ground, is from oils given off by vegetation, absorbed onto neighboring surfaces, and released into the air after a first rain." — Matthew Bettelheim; Nature's Laboratory; Shasta Parent (Mt Shasta, California); Jan 2002.
"But, even in the other pieces, her prose breaks into passages of lyrical beauty that come as a sorely needed revivifying petrichor amid the pitiless glare of callousness and cruelty." — Pradip Bhattacharya; Forest Interludes; Indianest.com; Jul 29, 2001.
Petrichor | Writings in the Sand
2011年1月4日 ... Petrichor一詞相當少見,是由希臘文petros(石頭)和ichor(希臘神話中眾神的血液)組成,指雨水落在乾燥泥土上所產生的幽香。 ...
expostulate (ik-SPOS-chuh-layt)
verb intr.: To reason earnestly with someone in order to dissuade.
Etymology
From Latin expostulare (to require), from ex- (intensive prefix) + postulare (to demand). Ultimately from the Indo-European root prek- (to ask), which is also the source of words such as pray, precarious, deprecate, postulate, and precatory. Earliest documented use: 1548.
Usage
"'Oh come on,' I expostulated, a shade too loudly. 'That's not fair.'" — Sarabjit Jagirdar; Amar's Little Secret; Hindustan Times (New Delhi, India); Feb 7, 2010.
expostulate
(ĭk-spŏs'chə-lāt')
intr.v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.
To reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct; remonstrate. See synonyms at object.
expostulation ex·pos'tu·la'tion n.
expostulator ex·pos'tu·la'tor n.
expostulatory ex·pos'tu·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) or ex·pos'tu·la'tive adj.
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