2021年11月24日 星期三

rule (decide), deportation, Kiosk, delicacy, abalone poaching


The duo was caught with over US$60,000 worth of the illegally fished delicacy.



Sushi (Japanese) + Immigrants (Burmese) = Dream (American)

Immigrants from Myanmar have found a business niche rolling and selling a Japanese delicacy in grocery stores across the United States.



Dell will close its 140 mall and airport kiosks in the U.S. as the PC maker continues to shift its strategy to focus on sales at retailer partners like Staples and Wal-Mart.



Immigration Priorities Questioned 
As the Obama administration vows to re-engineer immigration policy to target criminals, a new report says that in recent years, a high-profile federal program shifted its focus away from catching the most dangerous illegal immigrants who were evading deportation orders. 
(By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post)




deport
verb [T]
to force someone to leave a country, especially someone who has no legal right to be there or who has broken the law:
Thousands of illegal immigrants are caught and deported every year.
The refugees were deported back to their country of origin.

deportation noun [C or U]
There were mass deportations in the 1930s, when thousands of people were forced to leave the country.

deportee

noun [C]
a person who has been, or is waiting to be, deported

rule
 (DECIDE)
verb [I or T] to decide officially:
Only the Appeal Court can rule on this point.
The judge ruled for/in favour of/against the defendant.
[+ that] The government has ruled that the refugees must be deported.[+ object + noun or adjective] 
The courts have ruled his brave action illegal.

Heath Ledger's death in New York City has been ruled an accident.

See also overrule.

ruling 
snoun [C] a decision:
[+ that] The court has made a final ruling on the case that the companies acted illegally.

Kiosk
An independent stand from which merchandise is sold, often placed in the common area of a regional Shopping Center.

IN BRIEF: A small structure with one or more open sides.

pronunciation Harold spent the summer selling mashed potato sandwiches and ginger ale from a kiosk by the seashore.Wikipedia article "Kiosk".

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