Juul Settles Youth-Vaping Inquiry for $438.5 Million
- The tentative deal would close an investigation by more than three dozen states into the company’s marketing and sales practices of its e-cigarettes.
- The settlement would prohibit the company from marketing to youth, funding education in schools and misrepresenting the level of nicotine in its products.
- The tentative deal would close an investigation by more than three dozen states into the company’s marketing and sales practices of its e-cigarettes.
- The settlement would prohibit the company from marketing to youth, funding education in schools and misrepresenting the level of nicotine in its products.
黃武雄
這是一篇
重要的 歷史性的
評論文章
關於民主與獨裁
在這關鍵的時刻
值得大家一讀。
也許有臉友
可以翻譯成中文
讓更多人閲讀。
先謝了。
不妨再看一次
兩百多年前
喬治．華盛頓
與
漢密爾頓的對話：
If it is, then my favorite lyrics from the musical “Hamilton” will be so relevant. It is when George Washington explains to Alexander Hamilton why he is voluntarily stepping down and not running for a third term:
Washington: “If we get this right/ We’re gonna teach ’em how to say goodbye,/ You and I——”
Hamilton: “Mister President, they will say you’re weak.”
Washington: “No, they will see we’re strong.”
它解説了
民主的真諦
與出路。
/黃武雄 2022-3-26
Xi, Putin and Trump: The Strongmen Follies
The last five years have been a master class in comparative politics, beca
Yes, it's that time of the year again. Oxford Dictionaries has chosen “vape” – the act of inhaling from an electronic cigarette – as its word of 2014 after use of the term more than doubled over the last year
Vaping has already cemented itself into the zeitgeist. Everyone from Kevin Spacey's character in the US political drama, House of Cards, to Cara Delevingne, Johnny Depp, Snoop Dogg and dancers in a recent Lily Allen video enjoy vaping. But is it as safe as you think?
Vaping is ever more popular, but is it a smoking cure or a new hazard?
As the latest figures show that young people are turning away from...
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Vapor Boomtown
With little regulation, Oklahoma City has become an e-cigarette
boomtown where "vapers" flock to vapor shops to buy the smoking
alternative products, which include nicotine liquids.
Hilary Mantel: By the Book
The author of
"Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up the Bodies" prefers books with action: "I
don't like overrefinement, or to dwell in the heads of vaporous ladies
with fine sensibilities."
Timbuktu tensions
Malians' fears of Islamist attacks after imminent French withdrawalCats largely prey on non-native mice and rats in densely populated urban areas where native wildlife is scarce, the research shows.
研究顯示，在人口稠密的都市區，原生野生動物稀少，貓多半獵食非原生的大小老鼠。
By contrast, cats in suburban and rural areas kill mostly native mice, shrews, voles, squirrels and rabbits.
相較之下，郊區和鄉下的貓大部分捕食原生的小老鼠、鼩鼱、田鼠、松鼠和野兔。
Congress Fumes Over Made-in-China U.S. Olympics Uniforms
Harry Reid suggests organizers "take all the uniforms, put them in a big pile and burn them.”
NYC Releases Controversial Teacher Rankings
The public release of 18,000 teacher evaluations has left the union fuming.
workers scent power
If Apple's plastic iPhone stand doesn't seem a substantial enough vessel for your beloved iPhone 4S, Element Case has built the Vapor iPhone dock, a dense half-pound of machined aluminum anodized in silver or black.
folly
Pronunciation: /ˈfɒli/
- prey
- 発音
- préi
- preyの変化形
- preys (複数形) • preyed (過去形) • preyed (過去分詞) • preying (現在分詞) • preys (三人称単数現在)
[名]
1 [U]((またa 〜))（肉食動物の）えじき((of, to ...))；（他人・病気などの）犠牲（者）, 被害者, 食いもの, とりこ((of, for, to ...))
fall ［be, become］ a prey to temptation
誘惑のとりこになる
誘惑のとりこになる
3 ((古))獲物, 戦利品, 略奪物；《聖書》（争いの場から）救出したもの〈『聖』エレミヤ書21：9〉
━━[動](自)［prey on ［upon］ A］
3 ((文))〈海賊などが〉〈A（場所・物）を〉略奪［強奪］する.
4 〈高利貸・詐欺師などが〉〈A（人）を〉食いものにする, だます.
［古フランス語←ラテン語praeda（戦利品, 獲物）］
prey・er
[名]prey on：片語，捕食、掠奪、以……為食。例句：The lions prey on deers and other wild animals. （獅子捕食鹿與其他野生動物。）
imminent
- 音節
- im • mi • nent
- 発音
- ímənənt
[形]
2 ((古))突き出た.
［ラテン語imminēns （in-上に＋minēreぶらさがる＋-ent現在分詞語尾＝ぶらさがっている）］
im・mi・nent・ly
[副]
im・mi・nent・ness
[名]scent
(sĕnt)
n.
- A distinctive, often agreeable odor. See synonyms at fragrance, smell.
- A perfume: an expensive French scent.
- An odor left by the passing of an animal.
- The trail of a hunted animal or fugitive.
- The sense of smell: a bear's keen scent.
- A hint of something imminent; a suggestion: caught the scent of a reconciliation.
v., scent·ed, scent·ing, scents. v.tr.
- To perceive or identify by the sense of smell: dogs scenting their prey.
- To suspect or detect as if by smelling: scented danger.
- To fill with a pleasant odor; perfume: when blossoms scent the air.
To hunt prey by means of the sense of smell. Used of hounds.
[Middle English sent, from senten, to scent, from Old French sentir, from Latin sentīre, to feel.]
scentless scent'less adj.2fume
verb
transitive verb
1
: to expose to or treat with fumes
2
: to give off in fumes <fuming thick black smoke>
1fume
noun \ˈfyüm\
1
a : a smoke, vapor, or gas especially when irritating or offensive fumes> b : an often noxious suspension of particles in a gas (as air)
2
: something (as an emotion) that impairs one's reasoning fumes of patriotism — Matthew Arnold>
3
: a state of excited irritation or anger —usually used in the phrase in a fume
— fumy adjective
— on fumes
: with little of the original strength or energy remaining on fumes>
vapour
Pronunciation: /ˈveɪpə/
(US vapor)
Definition of vapour
noun- [count noun] Physics a gaseous substance that is below its critical temperature, and can therefore be liquefied by pressure alone. Compare with gas.
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