2024年10月12日 星期六

unnerve, bid adieu to, solidarity, unnerving art. breaking European solidarity


Again, the neighbors fumed. Here was Germany once again breaking European solidarity — this time along the low road — when the whole of the European Union was feeling overwhelmed by a rising tide of immigrants from the Middle East, Africa and, most recently, Ukraine.


This one still makes me chuckle - turning the silly notion of the miserable solo diner on its head.  Happy Friday!
Created by Nick Galifianakis for The Washington Post.


Munch returned obsessively to certain visual motifs: uncanny sunsets, zombie-like faces and threateningly sexualised female bodies. From 1843

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The personal trauma behind Edvard Munch’s unnerving art
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Killing of Barnard Student Unnerves Campus and New York City
Tessa Majors was fatally stabbed during an early-evening walk in Morningside Park near the school’s campus




Down to a 7-year low.

Stocks have also declined.
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WATCH: For people near England's Birmingham Airport, high winds and drifting planes aren't necessary abnormal, but for those not used to such sites, these scenes are always a bit unnerving -- and impressive.



Women’s Labor Camp Abuse Unnerves China
Women’s Labor Camp Abuse Unnerves China



On Dec. 13, 1981, authorities in Poland imposed martial law in a crackdown on the Solidarity labor movement. Martial law formally ended in 1983.

Norway Mourns Its Dead as Harsh Rhetoric Spreads
A Norwegian man's confession to killing nearly 100 people in a pair of attacks has shocked the country and unnerved governments across Europe, where far-right parties espousing anti-Muslim views, if not violence, have been on the rise.


France Télécom to Bid Adieu to Minitel
France Télécom will shut down Minitel, France's precursor to the Internet, next year, saying the text-only service's architecture has become obsolete.



In the political realm, however, Mr Wang’s supporters point to changes which, they say, are distinctive. One concerns the role of trade unions, a rather sensitive area for a party that is still unnerved by the role that Solidarity團結工聯 played in Poland in the 1980s to bring down Communist power.

unnerve

(ŭn-nûrv') pronunciation
tr.v., -nerved, -nerv·ing, -nerves.
  1. To deprive of fortitude, strength, or firmness of purpose.
  2. To make nervous or upset.
[WITH OBJECT]
Make (someone) lose courage or confidence:(as adjective unnervingan unnerving experience
unnervingly un·nerv'ing·ly adv.

Definition of unnerve
verb



[with object]
  • make (someone) lose courage or confidence:the bleakness of his gaze unnerved her (as adjective unnerving)an unnerving experience

Derivatives


unnervingly

adverb

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