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‎Amazon and other major internet retailers could be hit with a new online sales tax to help the UK pay its debts after extensive borrowing during the pandemic



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Rishi Sunak 'considering Amazon tax' to claw back pandemic borrowing from online retailers who profited

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Pieter Brueghel the Younger 'The Flatterers' or 'Man with the Moneybag and Flatterers' 1592

This delightfully amusing painting, previously unpublished, depicts an old Flemish proverb that wealthy men will always have flatterers: “Because so much money creeps into my sack, the whole world climbs into my hole.” This saying recalls modern day descriptions of flatterers as “brown-nosers” or “ass-kissers,” terms that no doubt descend from the vivid pictorial tradition of illustrati⋯⋯

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Princeton Review: Carnegie Mellon University Has The Best College Theater In The Nation
Aspiring thespians may want to take a gander at Carnegie Mellon University as it has topped The Princeton Review's "Best College Theater" list.
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When he mentions Denholm Elliott telling a story about 'the wretchedly sycophantic John Mills, who seems universally detested in the showbiz world', but gives no details, he misses an opportunity.

 

 

 Clawbacks in Word, Not Deed

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON

Clawbacks, or money returned by an employee committing financial improprieties, are gaining support among investors and companies - though examples are rare.

 

A First for UBS: Bonus Clawbacks

UBS notified employees it will take back part of the bonuses due to its best-paid investment bankers this year because of the trading scandal last year that put the unit into the red for 2011.

No Sir: CEO's Knighthood Is Nixed

In what may be the ultimate clawback for a bank boss in the wake of the financial crisis, a U.K. government panel has stripped the knighthood of former Royal Bank of Scotland Group CEO Fred Goodwin.

Sorry, Anne: Hollywood's 10 Worst Fake British Accents

In light of Anne Hathaway's mangling of the Queen's English in One Day, TIME pays tribute to those thespians who have struggled through the years to pull off a convincing British accent

What Do You Think? How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater?

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Online forum OPEN until Wednesday, July 25. It may be important for us to believe that our leaders have control over performance, whether or not it is true, particularly in times of turmoil or concern about the future, says Jim Heskett. So to what degree should leaders become thespians, creating an impression that fits expectations? What do you think?

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Watch Out, Meryl Streep! She’s a Master Thespian.

²gander

noun

:  a look or glance gander

thespian
(thĕs'pē-ən) 
adj.

1. Of or relating to drama; dramatic: thespian talents.
2. Thespian Of or relating to Thespis.

n.
An actor or actress.

thespian 
adjective FORMAL
connected with acting and the theatre
thespian
adj. - 泰斯庇斯的, 戲劇的, 悲劇的
n. - 演員, 悲劇演員

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 悲劇の, 演劇の
n. - 悲劇役者
Thespian may refer to:

* A citizen of the ancient Greek city of Thespiae
* An actor; this usage is derived from Thespis of Icaria, the legendary first actor.
* A member of the International Thespian Society, an honor society that promotes excellence in high school theatre.

Namby-pamby

Meaning
Childish and weakly sentimental.
Origin
In 1714, the English poet and playwright, Ambrose Philips (1674 - 1749) became tutor to George I's grandchildren. The position gave him a status amongst the aristocracy and he took the opportunity to advance his place in society by writing sycophantic sentimental poems in praise of their children. These were written in rather affected and insipid nursery language, of the 'eency-weency', 'goody-goody' sort. This didn't go down well with his rival poets and playwrights and when, in 1725, he wrote the execrable 'To the Honourable Miss Carteret', he was widely derided:

Thou, thy parents pride and care,
Fairest offspring of the fair
...
When again the lambkins play,
Pretty sportlings,full of May
and so on

 sycophant

syc·o·phant (sĭk'ə-fənt, sī'kə-)
n.
A servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people.

[Latin sȳcophanta, informer, slanderer, from Greek sūkophantēs, informer, from sūkon phainein, to show a fig (probably originally said of denouncers of theft or exportation of figs) : sūkon, fig + phainein, to show.]

sycophantic syc'o·phan'tic (-făn'tĭk) or syc'o·phan'ti·cal (-tĭ-kəl) adj.
sycophantically syc'o·phan'ti·cal·ly adv.

sycophant
n.
A flatterer or sycophant. [Obs.] «Take heed of these clawbacks.» Latimer.
Claw·back
a.
Flattering; sycophantic. [Obs.]

Like a clawback parasite.

Bp. Hall.
Claw·back
v. t.
To flatter. [Obs.] Warner.
sycophant
(sĭk'ə-fənt, sī'kə-)

sycophantic

Pronunciation: /ˌsɪkəˈfantɪk/

Translate sycophantic | into Italian | into Spanish

adjective

• behaving or done in an obsequious way in order to gain advantage:a sycophantic interview

Derivatives

sycophantically

Pronunciation: /-ˈfantɪk(ə)li/

adverb

flatterer は何か: someone who praises people without being sincere

clawback
1. Money or benefits that are distributed and then taken back as a result of special circumstances.
2. A retraction of stock prices or of the market in general.

Investopedia explains 'Clawback'

1. Purchasing certain investments provides taxable benefits contingent upon holding periods. When you sell these investments before they have reached maturity, the benefits must be returned.

2. In layman's terms, a fall in a stock's price right after an increase is called a clawback of the price.