compatriot, shoreline, rd-core gearhead, beachhead, airhead

On this #TravelTuesday, enjoy a scenic view of the shoreline in Puget Sound - Seattle, Washington, 1949.

(📷 Loomis Dean/LIFE Picture Collection)

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for her^[1]:

"...A way of trying to tell readers that even though we were showing perfect rooms and perfect gardens, life is not perfect. And things happen, crazy things, bad things, sad thing, wonderful things happen in those rooms. And that the point of all this nesting and decorating is life. And living a good of life as we possibly can. And I also wanted to remind people why this mattered. That design is not an airhead subject, that it's an important subject, and that making a house and a garden is a pretty profound activity. So, at least in the column it was a way to speak directly to the readers about these issues... I was always trying to search for, How do we add another dimension to this very materialistic effort of making a house and a garden? "

The ever-complex and ever-delicate relationship between Taiwan and China was bound to play a role in Morakot’s political aftermath. For its part, China was quick to respond, not only expressing sympathy for the people it refers to as “compatriots” but also providing $29m in relief funds, prefabricated houses, sleeping bags and sanitation supplies.

In his congratulatory telegram to Mr. Ma, Mr. Hu said, “I hope our two parties can continue to promote peaceful development of cross-strait relations, deepen mutual trust, boost the well-being of compatriots on both sides and create a glorious resurrection of the Chinese race.”


邱議瑩昨天也批評吳英毅4年來唯一1份報告，內容竟然完全抄襲我國駐法代表處的新聞稿，因為當天我駐法代表呂慶龍也出席會議。綠委蕭美琴指僑務委員長到海外探視僑胞沒錯，但是不應進行私人旅遊。委員會昨天決議，將僑委會明年「派員出國計劃預算」1044萬多元凍結200萬元，等吳英毅補齊所有出國報告再解凍。
此外，馬政府執政後，僑委會英文名稱由「Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission」改為「Overseas Chinese Affairs Council」，在野立委痛斥易與中國混淆，若不改名13億餘元預算全凍結。最後朝野協商決議英文名稱改為「ROC（Taiwan） Overseas Community Affairs Council」。 2012.11.12



compatriot

• [kəmpéitriət | -pǽt-]

n.

1. A person from one's own country.
2. A colleague.

[French compatriote, from Late Latin compatriōta : Latin com-, com- + Late Latin patriōta, countryman; see patriot.]

compatriotic com·pa'tri·ot'ic (-ŏt'ĭk) adj.

n. - 同国人, 同輩, 同胞
adj. - 同国の



beachhead
(bēch'hĕd')
n.

1. A position on an enemy shoreline captured by troops in advance of an invading force.
2. A first achievement that opens the way for further developments; a foothold: "It is not yet clear whether the ecologists will establish a beachhead in the economists' carefully constructed intellectual empire" (Peter Passell).

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airhead

[名]空挺堡(ていほ)：落下傘(さん)部隊の獲得した敵地. ⇒BEACHHEAD

Definition of airhead

noun

informal

a silly or foolish person:she looks like Barbie and acts like a dizzy airhead

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gearhead (GEER-hed)

noun
A technology enthusiast, e.g. a person with a deep interest in the inner working of computers, automobiles, etc.

Etymology
From gear, from Middle English gere (equipment) + head, from Middle English, from Old English heafod.

Usage
"(Mark) Pauline and his compatriots were true hard-core gearheads: they loved the oily complexities of machines, and understood the internal mechanics that are, to the rest of us, an inscrutable mesh of wires and servos." — Brad Stone; Gearheads; Simon & Schuster, New York; 2003. http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743229517/ws00-20/

"I might as well conclude with a gearhead's account of how to shut off splash-screen displays, even though it's probably more trouble than it's worth." — James Coates; Windows 95 Software Works With XP Wizard; Chicago Tribune; May 3, 2003.