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U.K. ministers are closing ranks around Boris Johnson amid calls for his resignation

Johnson apologized on Wednesday for attending a "bring your own booze" party in the garden of the prime minister's Downing Street office and residence in May 2020.

In the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, a wrestler at the bottom of the rankings in the top Makuuchi Division has won the Emperor's Cup.
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In the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, a wrestler at the bottom of the rankings in the top Makuuchi Division has won the Emperor's Cup.

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Rank-and-file wrestler wins sumo tournament | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

Experts doubt that the U.S. has presented overwhelming evidence to its allies that Huawei poses a security risk.

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Germany and UK weigh breaking ranks with US on Huawei ban

QUOTATION OF THE DAY "As players in the huddle, you're all alone in the middle of the field but together at the same time. You see who is hurt, who's tired or who's spitting mad. You can take that all in, which can be powerful." ROGER STAUBACH, the fabled leader of the 1970s Dallas Cowboys and a Heisman Trophy winner, who said the huddle, which is disappearing from the N.F.L., was the best time to take the pulse of a team.

While Clinton cast Trump as a menace to America and the world, the core of Trump's pitch for national security involved simplistic, chin-jutting, isolationism with a strong dose of wishful thinking

Behind a small stone archway on London's Fleet Street, a hidden world opens up. (via BBC Travel)

The hidden world of the Knights Templar

Tucked behind London’s Fleet Street, a patchwork of gardens and graceful buildings tell the story of the most famous knights of the Crusades.

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Tracking Lineage Through a Bramble

By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD 5:20 PM ET

Donald C. Johanson and Richard Leakey, famous rivals, joined forces to speak about human evolution at the American Museum of Natural History.

Illegal Migrants Huddle Along French Coast
CALAIS, France, Jan. 13 -- He emerged cautiously from behind thick brambles in a grove of scrub oak that Calais residents refer to as "the jungle." Mohammed Mohammedei he called himself, an Afghan on the run.
(By Edward Cody, The Washington Post)

It was troublesome climbing, for there was an undergrowth of brier and bramble which tore my clothes, and the sharp crags which jutted in all directions out ...Heading back to my own hotel, I once again found history jutting up against modernity: On my way toward the Gros-Horloge, or the Great Clock — a magnificent astronomical clock constructed in the 14th century and set in a Renaissance archway — I passed the seemingly endless shops that populate the center of Rouen. 


Afghans Offer Jobs to Taliban Rank and File if They Defect 
By DEXTER FILKINSThe U.S. is underwriting a program that seeks to disarm fighters and enlist tribal leaders’ support by involving them in choosing development projects where jobs are offered.

Lehman and Its Staff Await Next Step By BEN WHITE and ERIC DASH
As rank-and-file employees confronted an uncertain future, top executives huddled in all-day meetings and braced for takeover bids, expected by Saturday afternoon.




 rank and file　（the ～） ((単複両扱い)) 兵卒; 大衆; 平社員.

break rank (or ranks)
phrase of rank
(of soldiers or police officers) fail to remain in line.
fail to maintain solidarity.

"the government is prepared to break ranks with the Allied states"

Unite, work together, as in The members decided to close ranks and confront the president. This expression, dating from the late 1700s, comes from the military, where it denotes bringing troops into close order so there are no gaps in the fighting line.

Close ranks Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

In case you missed it... Spitting Image co-creator Roger Law deposited the programme's archive, including a Margaret Thatcher puppet, in Cambridge University Library earlier this week.

At its peak, the show reached an audience of 15 million. Harry Enfield, Steve Coogan, Paul Whitehouse, Alistair McGowan, Ian Hislop, John Sessions and Deborah Stephenson all worked on the programme during its long run for Central Independent Television, as did Red Dwarf creators Rob Grant and Doug Naylor.

Read more about it at www.cam.ac.uk/SpittingImage

Spit | Definition of Spit by Merriam-Webster

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1 : to force (saliva) from the mouth He spat on the ground. 2 : to force (something) from the mouth Spitout your gum. 3 : to express by or as if by spitting He was spitting an angry answer.

spitting image

noun

INFORMAL

1. the exact double of (another person or thing).

   
   

   "she's the spitting image of her mum"

archway

Pronunciation: /ˈɑːtʃweɪ/

noun

• a curved structure forming a passage or entrance.

Exercises For Good Posture: Chin Jut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_es-0xl2OI

jut

Pronunciation: /dʒʌt/

[no object, with adverbial]

• extend out, over, or beyond the main body or line of something:a rock jutted out from the side of the bank
• [with object] cause (something) to protrude:she put up her head and jutted out her chin with determination

noun

• a point that sticks out: we stopped on a jut of land

Origin:

mid 16th century: variant of jet¹

bramble
noun
1 [C or U] a wild bush with thorns, that produces blackberries:
We carefully pushed our way through the low brambles.

2 [C] UK a blackberry:
We stopped to pick brambles by the side of the road.
bramble jam

3 [C] US any wild bush with thorns


n. - 荊棘, 樹莓, 懸鉤子
v. intr. - 採集野黑莓

huddle [I usually + adverb or preposition]
to come close together in a group, or to hold your arms and legs close to your body, especially because of cold or fear:



Everyone huddled round the fire to keep warm.
It was so cold that we huddled together for warmth.
Sophie was so frightened by the noise of the fireworks that she huddled (up) in a corner of the room.

huddle
noun [C]
1 a small group of people or things that are close together:
A small group of people stood in a huddle at the bus stop.

2 US a group formed by the members of a team in American football before they separate and continue to play


Huddle

In sport, a huddle is an action of a team gathering together, usually in a tight circle, to strategize, motivate or celebrate. Wikipedia

huddled
adjective
gathered close together:
We stood huddled together for warmth.