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Dr. Li Wenliang issued a warning about a strange new virus. Then the authorities summoned him for questioning.
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Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, knows this. He is a Tory and thus will embrace the core philosophy of self-determination. He will see limits to the extent to which each of us is a brother's keeper. He will discern within the public a belief that the state cannot and should not try to do everything. But he knows Londoners don't like the sort of meanness of spirit that led the developers of a block of luxury flats in the capital to erect spikes at the foot of their building to ensure the homeless could not sleep outside.
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Swim ‘N Score Dive Sticks Recalled by Modell’s Due to Risk of Impalement Injury to Children
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.Name of Product: CORAL Swim ‘N Score Pool Stix
Units: About 130
Retailer: Modell’s Sporting Goods, of New York, N.Y.
Manufacturer: ERO Industries (no longer in business), of Mount Prospect, Ill.
Hazard: Children can fall or land on these dive sticks in shallow water and suffer impalement injuries. Eye and other facial injuries are also possible. In April 2001, CPSC banned certain types of dive sticks.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Description: The recalled Pool Stix are weighted plastic tubes, which stand upright when tossed into water. The sticks are about 8” long and were sold in packs of 6 in various colors. The UPC (#4969382814) is printed on the product’s packaging.
Sold at: Modell’s Sporting Goods stores nationwide from August 1999 to October 2008 for about $3.
Manufactured in: Taiwan
Remedy: Consumers should keep children from playing with the recalled dive sticks and return the product to any Modell’s Sporting Goods for a full refund.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Modell’s at (800) 275-6633 anytime, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.modells.com/recall
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WordNet: impale
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words. The verb has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1: pierce with a sharp stake or point
Synonyms: transfix, empale, spike
Meaning #2: kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole
Synonym: stake
spike1
Line breaks: spike
Pronunciation: /spʌɪk/
NOUN
VERB
Phrases
spike someone's guns
Origin
Middle English: perhaps from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch spiker, related to spoke1. The verb dates from the early 17th century.
More definitions of spike
recall
tr.v., -called, -call·ing, -calls.
- To ask or order to return: recalled all workers who had been laid off.
- To summon back to awareness of or concern with the subject or situation at hand.
- To remember; recollect. See synonyms at remember.
- To cancel, take back, or revoke.
- To bring back; restore.
- To request return (of a product) to the manufacturer, as for necessary repairs or adjustments.
summon[sum・mon]
- 発音記号[sʌ'mən] [動](他)((形式))
1 ［III[名]（[副]）/V[名]to do］((しばしば受身))〈人を〉（…に）呼び出す, 召喚する, 〈被告などに〉（特に裁判所へ）出頭を命ずる((to, into ...))
3 〈人に〉（…することを）要求する, 命じる((to do)).
5 〈軍隊・要塞(ようさい)などに〉（降服するよう）要求する, 勧める.
6 〈亡霊などを〉呼び出す.
［中ラテン語summonēre （sum-下に＋monēre思い出さす）］
sum・mon・a・ble
[形]
sum・mon・er
[名]summons[sum・mons]
- レベル：社会人必須
- 発音記号[sʌ'mənz]
[名]（複 〜・es）
1 （…への）呼出しの命令［伝言, 合図］, 呼び出し；（議会などの）召［招］集((to ...))
2 （…せよという）要求, 勧告, 呼びかけ((to do, for ...)).
━━(他)((しばしば受身))〈人に〉召喚状を送達する, 出頭を命じる.
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