In the 150th Yale-Harvard Regatta, The Bulldog heavyweight men's crew tops Harvard for the first time since 2007!
President Obama is taking a lot of heat for golf. After an emotional news briefing in which he said he was “heartbroken” by the brutal murder of American journalist, James Foley, he went to play golf on Martha’s Vineyard, where he is on vacation. Former Vice President Dick Cheney groused that Obama would “rather be on the golf course than he would be dealing with the crisis,” and even some Democrats winced at what they worried looked like callous indifference. Can we get a gr⋯⋯
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By WILLIAM NEUMAN
The government of Ecuador said the British authorities had threatened to
barge into its London embassy if officials did not hand over the
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
London Olympics final countdown begins
The torch relay is on the last leg of its 70-day journey
The opening ceremony of the London Olympics is due to take place later after seven years of preparations.
The three-hour spectacle in the Olympic Stadium is expected to be viewed by a global TV audience of a billion people.The Olympic flame is heading along the Thames on the Queen's rowbarge Gloriana on the final day of the torch relay.
I remember him at Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, on the occasion of his being given an honorary degree, listening to students telling him about what they got from his work and not allowing them to be interrupted by the French ambassador, who failed in the attempt to barge in and drag him away in the direction of more important guests. The nearest he approached discourtesy was a faint hint of irony, but on the whole he preferred to be alone, working, reading and accumulating ever more details about the lives of the native Americans whom he so admired.
An 'Apple or Google country' out at sea?
CNET
A former Google engineer would like to extend an invitation: come and live on a series of barges and water platforms and create your own government and your own way of life. You might think that Patri Friedman--grandson of the very free economist ...
What or who is the Cowes in Cowes Week? Cowes, located off England's southern coast on the Isle of Wight, is a yachting center in the British Isles and the location of the Royal Yacht Squadron. On August 10, 1826, the first yachting regatta began; first prize was a "Gold Cup of the value of £100." The next year, King George IV showed his approval by presenting a "King's Cup" to the victor. It began as a three-day event and evolved into the current weeklong competition, Cowes Week. This year's regatta began on July 31 with over 1,000 boats competing in up to 40 different races over the eight days. One of the highlights of the week is always the fireworks display held on the final Friday of the competition (tomorrow). The sparklers are launched from barges in the Solent, the English Channel strait that hosts the races.
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"Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it." — David Lee Roth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jFwdGho1IA
| . | put on the line - expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of moneyin this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong" |
put/lay sth on the line
› to risk something:Firefighters put their lives on the line every working day.
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Pronunciation: /rɪˈɡatə/
Definition of regatta in English:
noun
- grouse
- [名]（複 ～, grous・es）鳥類ライチョウ；[U]その肉.
- grouse
- ((略式))[動](自)（…について）ぶつぶつ言う，こぼす((about ...)).━━[名]不平.
- grouse
- [形]((豪・NZ俗))すばらしい.
grouse 1
Syllabification: grouse
Pronunciation: /grous/
Noun (plural same)
Origin
early 16th century: perhaps related to medieval Latin gruta or to Old French grue 'crane'.They Don’t Care About the Marathon. They Just Want to Cross the Street.
In a city where grousing about nearly anything is fair game, some New Yorkers see the race more as an inconvenience than as a festive
grouse2
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Pronunciation: /ɡraʊs/
VERB
NOUN
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early 19th century: of unknown origin; compare withgrouch.
grouse (BIRD)
noun [C] plural grouse
a small fat bird, shot for sport and food 松雞Wikipedia article "Grouse".
grouse (COMPLAIN)
verb [I] INFORMAL
to complain angrily:
She's always grousing about how she's been treated by the management.
grouse
noun [C] plural grouses INFORMAL
an angry complaint
n. - ライチョウ, ぶつぶつ言うこと, 雷鳥
v. - ぶつぶつ言う, 不平を言う
(bärj)
n.
- A long, large, usually flatbottom boat for transporting freight that is generally unpowered and towed or pushed by other craft.
- A large, open pleasure boat used for parties, pageants, or formal ceremonies.
- A powerboat reserved for the use of an admiral.
v., barged, barg·ing, barg·es. v.tr.
To carry by barge.
v.intr.
- To move about clumsily.
- To intrude or interrupt, especially rudely: barged into the meeting.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin barca, boat.]
barge in
(1) （ノックしないで部屋に）はいり込む；（…に）押しかける((on ...)).(2) （人に）余計な口をはさむ((on ...)).
put up
- To erect; build.
- To preserve; can: put up six jars of jam.
- To nominate: put up a candidate at a convention.
- To provide (funds) in advance: put up money for the new musical.
- To provide lodgings for: put a friend up for the night.
- Sports. To startle (game animals) from cover: put up grouse.
- To offer for sale: put up his antiques.
- To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
- To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
put-up
(pʊt'ŭp')
adj. Informal
Planned or prearranged secretly: The theft was a put-up job.
篝火泛指一般在郊外地方，透過纍積木材或樹枝搭好的木堆或高台，在活動裡燃點的火堆。在歐洲，燃點營火是慶祝仲夏節的活動之一。「篝火」這個字在歐洲多個的語言裡，都是由「骨」和「火
bonfire[bon・fire]
- 発音記号[bɑ'nfàiər | bɔ'n-][名]大かがり火；たき火
make a bonfire of ...
…を焼き捨てる.
…を焼き捨てる.
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Workers Let Go by China’s Banks Are Putting Up a Fight
By ANDREW JACOBS
Many of the employees who are losing their jobs as state-run banks restructure are organizing and demanding to be rehired or compensated, but they face a daunting task.
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