dote, doting, 'monozukuri', platitudes, platitudinous, plateaued

The Storm’s Victims: An Expectant Parent, a Doting Daughter, a Refugee


Nearly 40 people in western New York are known to have died in the storm. This is what we know so far about the victims.



For most of March, Italy and Spain have been at the centre of the coronavirus storm. But their number of new cases and deaths have begun to plateau, according to Financial Times analysis.

Coronavirus outbreaks plateau in Italy and Spain

In the UK and the US, every day still brings more new confirmed case

Growth has plateaued in China and turned negative in the U.S.


Washington Post

Princess Diana died tragically in a car accident in Paris on Aug. 31, 1997. Twenty years after her death, she is still remembered by many as a doting mother, fashion icon and humanitarian. Read more about her final hours: http://wapo.st/2eldfJj


"If David Cameron really believes in the NHS, as he so often says, he should prove it by substituting deeds for platitudes.


He should sack Jeremy Hunt now and give the NHS a political champion who understands its complex needs, and will fight for them."

Shortly we will be publishing some research on what got people curious about systems thinking. I wanted to pull this out of the report for the newsletter. We asked: what got you curious about systems thinking? One person responded thus:

‘The answer is "Several years of working for the Audit Commission as an inspector!" I realised that, despite the caveats, inspection inevitably assessed services against national criteria which were often inappropriate for local circumstances. Worse still, the inspection process was of little help to managers. They already knew most of the problems and we made platitudinous recommendations, such as "improve performance management systems". The final straw was when I returned to a council that had introduced a green waste collection service, at virtually no environmental benefit, because the Commission had criticised their recycling performance. Then a colleague in the Commission lent me "Freedom from Command and Control....." There was no going back.’

Becoming a doting father for the first time has spurred Novak Djokovic to new heights on the tennis court. http://cnn.it/1DjplrZ

Today's #Dailychart shows that the amount of adult obesity in America has barely budged. The data come from the latest annual survey by America's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Despite a methodology change in 2011 to include mobile-phone only households (to capture poorer and younger populations), these self-reported figures show obesity rates may have plateaued http://econ.st/16iajig

Google's Earnings Surge, Putting Firm Back in Favor

Google posted a 36% jump in quarterly profit, sending its shares surging and wresting back the attention of investors who lately have doted on newer Internet darlings.

In Italy, a Mamma Accused of Doting Too Much

By Jeff Israely

others are naturally overprotective in Italy, part of the reason why many men still live at home until well into their 30s. Now, however, one mom stands accused of child abuse for taking sheltering to the extreme

"Toyota is a global company that was brought up in Japan. By all means, we will implement tasks to strengthen 'monozukuri' (conscientious manufacturing) in Japan," Toyoda told a news conference.

platitudinous (plat-i-TOOD-n-uhs)

adjective
Characterized by or resembling a platitude (a trite remark).[形]陳腐［平凡］な（ことをよくしゃべる）.

Etymology
From platitude, from French plat (flat). A related word is plate.

Usage
"Yet, there I totter, there limp laxly. My Uncomely trudge To Plateau That and platitudinous Plateau Whichever is no darling to my grudge- Choked industry or usual alcohol." — From the poem "A Man of the Middle Class"; Book: The Bean Eaters, 1960.

dote (dōt)

intr.v., dot·ed, dot·ing, dotes.

To show excessive fondness or love: parents who dote on their only child.

[Middle English doten.]

doter dot'er n.

Definition of doting in English:djective

Extremely and uncritically fond of someone; adoring:she was spoiled outrageously by her doting father

plateau

Pronunciation: /ˈplatəʊ/

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noun (plural plateaux /-təʊz/ or plateaus)

• 1 an area of fairly level high ground.
• [as modifier] denoting a group of American Indian peoples of the high plains of western Canada and the US, including the Nez Percé.

• 2a state of little or no change following a period of activity or progress:the peace process had reached a plateau

verb (plateaus, plateauing, plateaued)

[no object]

• reach a state of little or no change after a period of activity or progress:the industry’s problems have plateaued out

Origin:

late 18th century: from French, from Old French platel, diminutive of plat 'level'

Spelling help

The plural of the noun can be spelled either plateaux (as in the original French) or plateaus.