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Then there are topics that are popular among political fringes. Mr. Musk has tweeted many memes about taking the “red-pill,” a reference to the movie “The Matrix” that has been adopted by far-right groups as a way to condemn liberal ideology. Britain’s prime minister choices

The Conservative Party in Britain whittled the race to become the country’s next prime minister down to two candidates.

Rishi Sunak, a former chancellor of the Exchequer — Britain’s equivalent of a finance minister — and Liz Truss, the current foreign secretary, emerged as the top two choices from a field of 11 after five rounds of voting by the party’s lawmakers. The two will campaign to secure the support of the Conservative rank-and-file in the lead-up to a vote, with the results announced in early September.

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More time spent in negative ideation means less time thinking about creative ways to improve performance....



Who would do something like that: Letting bombs explode at a marathon race? Who would want people killed or maimed so brutally? There is no excuse for such a senseless act of terror, 


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 When they first meet, Yun Ling is prematurely aged and embittered — and physically maimed — by the deprivations of the camp where she was, as it was euphemistically called, “a guest of the emperor.” Aritomo admonishes her to take off her shoes: “You bring the problems of the world inside.” As indeed she does — the problems of a broken heart, of fury and a desire for revenge, of utter confusion and a debilitating sense of betrayal.



 THE Internet is a rabbit hole of distraction. It’s easy to wind up knee-deep in paparazzi photos of Beyonce’s new baby when you intended only to answer a few e-mails.


Of course, the standard party line is that our focus and attention span are being whittled away by the never-ending barrage of services flooding our screens and feeds — and that this is a debilitating trend.



‘No Child’ Law Is Whittled Down by the White House

By MOTOKO RICH 12:01 AM ET

In just five months, the Obama administration has freed schools in more than half the nation from central provisions of the No Child Left Behind education law.

maven

音節

ma • ven, -vin

発音

méivən, -vin

mavenの変化形

mavens (複数形)

[名]((米))（自称）物知り；（事情）通.

whittle[whit・tle]

• 発音記号[hwítl | wítl]

[動](他)

1 〈木などを〉少しずつ削る；〈木片などを〉削り取る；〈木などを〉削って（…を）作る((into ...))；…を（木などを）削って作る((from ...))

whittle wood into a spoon ［＝whittle a spoon from wood］
木を削ってスプーンを作る.

2 …を（だんだんと）減らす［そぐ］；〈費用などを〉削減する((down, away, off))

whittle down the power of ...
…の勢力をそぐ.

━━(自)

1 （木などを）削る, 刻む((at ...)).

2 ((方言))疲れる.

━━[名]((英方言))ナイフ.

-tler

[名]

párty líne[párty líne]

1 ((the 〜))政策綱領；((通例〜s))（政党の）基本方針, 政策.

2 〔–〕 （電話の）共同回線(party wire)；（地所の）境界線.

debilitate[de・bil・i・tate]

• 発音記号[dibílətèit]

[動](他)〈人を〉弱らせる, 衰弱させる；〈組織・政府などを〉弱体化させる.

de・bíl・i・tà・ting

[形]

de・bìl・i・tá・tion

[名]

wind up[wind up]

(自)((略式))
(1) ((名詞（句）・形容詞（句）・副詞（句）を伴って))（…という）はめになる；（…ということで）終わりになる, 終わる

After a poker game, I always wind up broke.
ポーカーをしたあとはいつも一文無しになる

The game wound up 3 to 1.
結局試合は3対1で終わった.

(2) 《野球》〈投手が〉ワインドアップする.



tendency
(tĕn'dən-sē)
n., pl., -cies.

1. Movement or prevailing movement in a given direction: observed the tendency of the wind; the shoreward tendency of the current.
2. A characteristic likelihood: fabric that has a tendency to wrinkle.
3. A predisposition to think, act, behave, or proceed in a particular way.
4. 1. An implicit direction or purpose: not openly liberal, but that is the tendency of the book.
   2. An implicit point of view in written or spoken matter; a bias.

[Medieval Latin tendentia, from Latin tendēns, tendent-, present participle of tendere, to tend. See tend¹.]

SYNONYMS tendency, trend, current, drift, tenor, inclination. These nouns refer to the direction or course of an action or thought. Tendency implies a predisposition to proceed in a particular way: "The tendency of our own day is ... towards firm, solid, verifiable knowledge" (William H. Mallock). Trend often applies to a general or prevailing direction, especially within a particular sphere: "the trend of religious thought in recent times" (James Harvey Robinson). Current suggests a course or flow, as of opinion, especially one representative of a given time or place: "the whole current of modern feeling" (James Bryce). A drift is a tendency that seems driven by a shifting current: a drift toward communism in Latin America. Tenor implies a continuous, unwavering course: "His conduct was ... uniform and unvarying in its tenor" (Frederick Marryat). Inclination usually refers to an individual's propensity for or disposition toward one thing rather than another: an inclination to overindulge in sweets.

[名]（複-cies）

1 （…の）傾向, 趨勢(すうせい), 気配((to, toward ..., to do))

an upward tendency in business
景気の上昇傾向

There is a growing tendency for women to stay in the workforce after marriage.
女性が結婚後も働き続ける傾向が強くなっている.

2 （…の）性向, （…する）性癖；素質, 体質((toward, to ..., to do))

a tendency to get fat
太る体質

show musical tendencies
音楽の素質があることを示す

He has a tendency to belittle others' problems.
彼は他人の問題を軽く見がちだ.

3 ((ふつう形容詞的))（文学作品の）特殊な意図［傾向］

a tendency novel［play］
傾向小説［劇］.

[類語]tendency人や物が一定方向へ動く傾向, 趨勢. 人の場合はなかなか変わらない性格的なかたよりや素質など. trend情勢が一定方向へ動いていること. なんらかの力が加われば変わる. drift方向が不明確な緩慢(かんまん)な 動き. また文章などの大意：the drift of the public opinion世論の風潮. tenor確立された基本的な性格. またdriftより明確な文章の意図：a change in the whole tenor of world politics世界政治のあり方の変化.

The Lore of the Chinese lute; an essay in ch'in ideology

The Lore of the Chinese lute; an essay in ch'in ideology (1941)

《中國琴道》

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蘇煒的另外一本談耶魯生活中的書將它寫錯adeology

An ideology is a set of ideas that discusses one's goals, expectations, and actions. An ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things (compare worldview), as in common sense (see Ideology in everyday society below) and several philosophical tendencies (seePolitical ideologies), or a set of ideas proposed by the dominant class of a society to all members of this society (a "received consciousness" or product of socialization). The main purpose behind an ideology is to offer change in society, and adherence to a set of ideals where conformity already exists, through a normative thought process. Ideologies are systems of abstract thought (as opposed to mere ideation) applied to public matters and thus make this concept central to politics. Implicitly every political tendency entails an id

ideation

Pronunciation: /ˌʌɪdɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n/

Definition of ideation

noun

[mass noun]

• the formation of ideas or concepts.

Derivatives

ideational

adjective

ideationally

adverb

maim

verb

[with object]

wound or injure (a person or animal) so that part of the body is permanently damaged:100,000 soldiers were killed or maimed