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From Espresso: An anti-corruption summit in London scheduled for May is due to discuss financial secrecy. It could hardly be more topical

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Hurley said after he left YouTube in 2010, he avoided working on projects related to Web video because of the inevitable reaction he was creating a wannabe YouTube. “I wasn’t looking for that comparison,” he said.




Recent attacks on art works, she said, had been an "unhappy coincidence" while the exhibition was being put together.
"We all regret what's been happening recently because it's made it too topical almost," she added.

The 10 Best (Topical) Halloween Costumes for 2011
Justin Bieber and Snooki are so 2010. This year, there's plenty of pop-culture news worth mining for Halloween-costume glory. TIME takes a look at the getups that are sure to win any costume contest

WHO NEEDS TO KNOW?
Telling professors which of their students are considered “at-risk” based on factors that are not necessarily germane, such as whether a student is on academic probation, is a particularly thorny issue. On the one hand, that information might prompt the professor to be more attentive to that student and make sure she is on the ball; on the other hand, it might have the opposite effect of prompting the professor to write off that student as a hopeless case. “Ultimately, you want to provide enough information, with enough context, that you can help the student without using that same information to bias those people’s actions,” says David Yaskin, CEO of Starfish Retention Solutions. The article is in Inside Higher Ed.

wannabe

Pronunciation: /ˈwɒnəbi/

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noun

informal, derogatory

• a person who tries to be like someone else or to fit in with a particular group of people:a star-struck wannabe

Origin:

1980s: representing a pronunciation of want to be

star·struck or star-struck  (stärstrk)

adj.

Fascinated by or exhibiting a fascination with fame or famous people: "The star-struck tone of the text suggests that the author is giving us an exclusive peek into the secret lives of the justices" (Richard A. Epstein).

Definition of topical

adjective

• 1(of a subject) of immediate relevance, interest, or importance owing to its relation to current events:a wide variety of subjects of topical interest
• relating to a particular subject; classified according to subject:annotated links to resources in eleven topical categories
• Philately relating to the collecting of postage stamps with designs connected with the same subject.

• 2chiefly Medicine relating or applied directly to a part of the body.

noun

Philately

• a postage stamp forming part of a set or collection with designs connected with the same subject.

Derivatives

topicality

Pronunciation: /ˌtäpəˈkalitē/

noun

topically

Pronunciation: /-ik(ə)lē/

adverb

Origin:

late 16th century: from Greek topikos + -al. Early use was as a term in logic and rhetoric describing a rule or argument as 'applicable in most but not all cases'

germane

• [dʒərméin]

(jər-mān')
adj.
Being both pertinent and fitting. See synonyms at relevant.

[Middle English germain, having the same parents, closely connected. See german².]

germanely ger·mane'ly adv.

[形]((叙述))((形式))（…と）直接の［密接な］関係のある；（…に）適切な((to ...))
facts germaneto the discussion
その討議に深くかかわりのある事実.


getup

[名][U][C]((略式))

1 （奇妙な）服装, 身なり.

2 装丁.

3 ＝get-up-and-go.

[名][U]((略式))やる気, 意気込み.

━━[形]やる気満々の.