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Postscript: Ellsworth Kelly - The New Yorker

The paintings of Kelly, who died on Sunday, have the suddenness of miracles, and the improbability.

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"I have writ me here a letter to her: and here another to Page's wife, who even now gave me good eyes too, examined my parts with most judicious oeillades; sometimes the beam of her view gilded my foot, sometimes my portly belly."

--Falstaff from "THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR" (1.3.49-53)

Budi the baby orangutan was rescued in December after being kept in a chicken cage for months. Now, he is slowly recovering at an animal rehab center in West Borneo:

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The name "orangutan" (also written orang-utan, orang utan, orangutang, and ourang-outang) is derived from the Malay andIndonesian words orang meaning "person" and hutan meaning "forest",[2] thus "person of the forest".[3]

猩猩屬（學名：Pongo），也叫人猿、紅猩猩、紅毛猩猩，靈長目人科的一屬，與猴子最大不同的地方就是沒有尾巴，能用手或腳拿東西。馬來語和印尼語叫做Orang utan，意思是「森林中的人」。與人類十分相近，與人類基因相似度達96.4％。活動的習性通常不用聲音溝通，通常有好幾個個體會在同一個區域活動，但彼此不干擾，平均壽命大概40年，平均身高大概171—180公分。

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oeillade

noun oeil·lade \ˌə(r)-ˈyäd, œ-\

Definition of OEILLADE

:  a glance of the eye; especially :  ogle

when

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Pronunciation: /wɛn /

Definition of when in English:

INTERROGATIVE ADVERB

1At what time:when did you last see him?[WITH PREPOSITION]: since when have you been interested?

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1.1How soon:when can I see you?

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1.2In what circumstances:when would such a rule be justifiable?

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At or on which (referring to a time or circumstance):Saturday is the day when I get my hair done

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CONJUNCTION

21At or during the time that:I loved maths when I was at school

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1.1After:call me when you’ve finished

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1.2At any time that; whenever:can you spare five minutes when it’s convenient?

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After which; and just then (implying suddenness):he had just drifted off to sleep when the phone rang

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3In view of the fact that; considering that:why bother to paint it when you can photograph it with the same effect?

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4Although; whereas:I’m saying it now when I should have told you longago

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Origin

Old English hwanne, hwenne; of Germanic origin; related to German wenn 'if', wann 'when'.

sud·den

  (sŭd′n)

adj.

1. Happening without warning; unforeseen: a sudden storm.

2. Happening or done without delay; hasty or immediate: a sudden decision.

3. Characterized by sharp change in elevation; precipitous: a sudden drop in the oceanfloor.

Idiom:

all of a sudden

Very quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.

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[Middle English sodain, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *subitānus, from Latinsubitāneus, from subitus, from past participle of subīre, to approach stealthily : sub-,secretly; see sub- + īre, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots.]