apodictic, distrust, candor, iguana. How Those Colorful Azulejo Tiles Are Made. A tradition dating back centuries survives in Portugal as artists and companies fill private and public commissions for the celebrated designs.

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How Those Colorful Azulejo Tiles Are Made

A tradition dating back centuries survives in Portugal as artists and companies fill private and public commissions for the celebrated designs.那些色彩繽紛的阿蘇萊霍瓷磚是如何製成的

葡萄牙保留了一個可以追溯到幾個世紀前的傳統，藝術家和公司為著名的設計完成私人和公共委託。

In 2006 the late Kurt Vonnegut was the only person to respond to a student project asking writers to visit their school.
Vonnegut said he was unable to make a public visit because at the time he looked increasingly like an iguana. Instead, he wrote an inspirational letter, asking the students to 'make your souls grow'.
Guardian culture

Hammarskjöld liked quoting Buber’s apodictic remark: “The only reply to distrust is candor.”
Markings by Hammarskjöld: A Life·(哈馬紹)『道しるべ』/ Who Did It? / 許達然《苦悶的英雄》
http://hcbooks.blogspot.tw/2012/04/markings-by-hammarskjold.html

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Iguana

Animal

Iguana is a genus of herbivorous lizards native to tropical areas of Mexico, Central America, several islands in Polynesia such as Fiji and Tonga, and the Caribbean. Wikipedia

apodictic

Syllabification: ap·o·dic·tic

Pronunciation: /ˌapəˈdiktik

 

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(also apodeictic /-ˈdīktik/)

adjective

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• Clearly established or beyond dispute.
  

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Origin

mid 17th century: via Latin from Greek apodeiktikos, from apodeiknunai 'show off, demonstrate'.