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France Intercedes on Greece’s Behalf to Try to Hold Eurozone Together
‘Help me help you’ Hollande tells Tsipras after referendum

Google exec claims Chrome is the world's most popular browser Computerworld Google yesterday claimed that its Chrome is the world's most popular browser, interceding for the first time in the dispute over browser usage share.

Egypt’s Military Aims to Cement Muscular Role in Government
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK

Ground rules for drafting a constitution are raising fears of a broad mandate to intercede in politics.

Whispering to Rottweilers, and to C.E.O.’s
By AMY WALLACE
Cesar Millan, the “Dog Whisperer” is a cultural icon, commanding respect wherever he goes. He has helped scores of celebrities and moguls in dealing with their pets. 



For the Whitney's Move, Boxes and Burly Men Just Won't Do

By ROBIN POGREBIN

Logistics will be complicated as more than 14,000 pieces of artwork, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, are transported through Manhattan.

intercede[in・ter・cede]

• 発音記号[ìntərsíːd]

[動](自)

1 とりなす, 取り持つ, （人に）（…を）嘆願する((with ...；for ...))

intercede with the President for a pardon
大統領に赦免(しゃめん)を請願する.

2 《ローマ史》〈護民官などが〉干渉権を発動する.

［ラテン語intercēdere（inter-間に＋cēdere行く＝間を通って調停する）. △EXCEED, PROCEED, SUCCEED］

ìn・ter・céd・er

[名]
(ĭn'tər-sēd')
intr.v., -ced·ed, -ced·ing, -cedes.

1. To plead on another's behalf.
2. To act as mediator in a dispute.

[Latin intercēdere, to intervene : inter-, inter- + cēdere, to go.]

interceder in'ter·ced'er n.

muscular

(mŭs'kyə-lər)
adj.

1. Of, relating to, or consisting of muscle: muscular contraction.
2. Having well-developed muscles: a muscular build.
3. Having or suggesting great forcefulness, especially at the expense of subtlety: muscular reasoning that does not bother with the finer points; muscular advocacy groups.

[From Latin mūsculus, muscle. See muscle.]

muscularity mus'cu·lar'i·ty (-lăr'ĭ-tē) n.
muscularly mus'cu·lar·ly adv.

SYNONYMS muscular, athletic, brawny, burly, sinewy. These adjectives mean strong and powerfully built: a muscular build; an athletic swimmer; brawny arms; a burly stevedore; a lean and sinewy frame.

burly

Syllabification: bur·ly

Pronunciation: /ˈbərlē

 

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adjective (burlier, burliest)

• (Of a person) large and strong; heavily built.
  

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  • She had been clamped by the time she got outside, and two burly men demanded £125 to have her car released.
  • Blanche looked at him, a big burly man with an abdomen that was bulging over his belt which seemed much too tight for him.
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burliness

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Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'dignified, imposing'): probably from an unrecorded Old English word meaning 'stately, fit for the bower' (see bower¹, -ly¹).

rottweiler
n.
Any of a German breed of dog having a stocky body, short black fur, and tan face markings.

[German, after Rottweil, a city of southern Germany.]

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Rottweiler (credit: Sally Anne Thompson/EB Inc.)

Breed of dog descended from a breed of cattle dog left by the Roman legions in Rottweil, Germany. From the Middle Ages to c. 1900, it accompanied butchers on buying expeditions, carrying money in a neck pouch. It has also served as a guard dog, drover's dog, draft dog, and police dog. Stocky and muscular, it stands 22 – 27 in. (56 – 69 cm) and weighs 90 – 110 lbs (41 – 50 kg). It has a short, black coat, with tan markings on the head, chest, and legs.