| Taiwan's Tsai making state visit to Marshall, Solomon islands and Tuvalu amid China stalemate
“We want to prove to the world that Taiwan is capable of, and is willing to, make more contributions to the international community,” Tsai said Saturday ...
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Ideally, America would not be withdrawing its forces from Afghanistan at all. For several years, with only a few thousand troops who sustained few casualties, it had managed to maintain a stalemate between the Afghan government and the Taliban, thanks largely to air power.
Egypt Attacks Are Escalating Amid Signs of a Stalemate
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
The lethal conflict between Egypt’s military-backed government and its
Islamist opponents grew on Monday, with an expansion of attacks against
government targets and a refusal by either side to back down.
Carl Icahn Backs Down from Legal Challenge to Dell Buyout
Robert Mudie that were published in 1837. Sometime later, an unidentified artist adorned each book using a technique known as fore-edge painting, in which the book is fanned open using a special press, which allows the artist to create paintings (in this case, landscapes depicting the seasons) that unfold across the margins of the pages. Fore-edge painting has a magical quality because it's so discreet: When a book is closed, you can't tell the painting is there, meaning the paintings can sit on dusty library shelves for decades without being discovered. That's what happened at the University of Iowa, where the fore-edge paintings avoided notice (despite being documented in the library's catalogue) until a student brought them to the attention of librarian Colleen Theisen.
Say, for what were hop-yards meant, Or why was Burton built on Trent? Oh many a peer of England brews Livelier liquor than the Muse, And malt does more than Milton can To justify God's ways to man. Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink
Sony backs off LCD production with Sharp
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Instead, Sony will increase its procurement of low-priced panels made in Taiwan to about 50 percent of its current total supply, up from the present level ...
U.S. Expands Child Online Privacy Law
The
FTC updated its decade-old rules governing children's online privacy to
reflect the growth of social networks and smartphone apps, but backed
away from proposals that could have made companies like Facebook more
responsible for violations.
Hewlett-Packard's
recent strategic moves have shaken the confidence of investors. Now
customers of the technology giant are also getting nervous.
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11月19日 23:28 · 伊薩卡 · 編輯紀錄 · See the painting hidden in the gilt edges of the pages of the book!! It's called fore-edge painting, and this book is one of several in Cornell University Library - Rare and Manuscript Collections.
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Russia President Vladimir Putin seek ...
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a meeting in Moscow on Monday. Abe is meeting Putin for the first such top-level visit in a decade that aims to break years of stalemate in a territorial ..
A Cul-de-Sac of Lost Dreams, and New Ones
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
The housing bust has fundamentally changed a street with eight houses in California, four of which have been in foreclosure in the last two years.
Three vacancies at the U.S. Federal Reserve could pose a challenge to Chairman Ben Bernanke in steering monetary policy. The openings on the Federal Open Market Committee, caused by an impasse between Senate Democrats and the White House, could tilt influence toward presidents of the Fed's regional banks.
impasse
(ĭm'păs')
n.n. 袋小路; 行詰まり, 難局.
- A road or passage having no exit; a cul-de-sac.
- A situation that is so difficult that no progress can be made; a deadlock or a stalemate: reached an impasse in the negotiations.
[French : in-, not (from Latin in-; see in–1) + passe, a passing (from Old French, from passer, to pass; see pass).]
cul-de-sac
(kŭl'dĭ-săk', kʊl'-) n., pl. culs-de-sac (kŭlz'-, kʊlz'-) or cul-de-sacs (kŭl'-).- A dead-end street.
- An impasse: “This was the cul-de-sac the year kept driving me toward: men and women would always be at odds” (Philip Weiss).
- Anatomy. A saclike cavity or tube open only at one end.
[French : cul, bottom (from Old French, from Latin cūlus; see culet) + de, of (from Old French, from Latin dē; see de–) + sac, sack (from Old French, from Latin saccus; see sack1).]
stalemate
Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪlmeɪt/
Definition of stalemate
noun
[mass noun] Chessverb
[with object]Origin:
mid 18th century: from obsolete stale (from Anglo-Norman French estale 'position', from estaler 'be placed') + mate2back off
2. Relent, abandon one's stand. For example, The chairman wanted to sell one division but later backed off. [Mid-1900s]
1. Reverse one's upward course, descend. For example, When she saw the wasps' nest on the roof, she hastily backed down the ladder. This literal usage usually refers to something one has climbed, such as a ladder or mountain. [Mid-1800s]
2. Also, back off. Retreat or yield. For example, As the watchdog began to snarl the letter carrier backed off, or You have a good point; now don't back down when you present it to the board. [First half of 1900s] Also see back away, def. 2.
back off
1. See back down, def. 2.
2. Relent, abandon one's stand. For example, The chairman wanted to sell one division but later backed off. [Mid-1900s] 棄權參與等
hopyard
n. A field where hops are raised.hop[hop2]
- 発音記号[hɑ'p | hɔ'p]
[名]
1
(1) 《植物》ホップ：クワ科多年生つる草の総称.
(2) ((〜s))ホップ：乾燥したホップの実；ビールの芳香苦味剤・強壮薬用.
(1) 《植物》ホップ：クワ科多年生つる草の総称.
(2) ((〜s))ホップ：乾燥したホップの実；ビールの芳香苦味剤・強壮薬用.
2 [U]((米俗))アヘン(opium)；麻薬中毒.
3 ((米・豪俗))ビール.
━━[動]（〜ped, 〜・ping）(他)〈（アルコール）飲料に〉ホップで風味をつける.
━━(自)ホップの実を摘む.THE row is over but the problems remain. Amid an outcry from neighbouring Hungary, and discreet pressure from other outsiders, Slovakia’s government has backed away, for the moment, from implementing its badly drafted and intrusive-sounding new language law (see article).
Despite the backdown, hopes that membership of the European Union and NATO would bring a permanent end to central Europe’s tribal conflicts and historical grudges now look over-optimistic. It would be good if all concerned—the Slovak government, Hungarians in Slovakia and Hungary’s political parties—paused for reflection about the troubling issues that divide them. But the economic crisis, and the likely victory of the tough-talking Viktor Orban and his right-of-centre Fidesz party in Hungary’s parliamentary elections next year, are among the reasons for expecting another flare-up sooner rather than later.
backdown
n. A receding or giving up; a complete surrender. [Colloq.]
withdraw a claim or assertion in the face of opposition:party leaders backed down and rescinded the resolution
中產階級拘謹的魅力 The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie 路易斯·布紐爾 Luis Buñuel
discreet
Syllabification: (dis·creet)
Pronunciation: /disˈkrēt/
Translate discreet | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish adjective (discreeter, discreetest)
Derivatives
discreetly
adverb
adverb
discreetness
noun
noun
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French discret, from Latin discretus 'separate', past participle of discernere 'discern', the sense arising from late Latin discretio (see discretion). Compare with discrete
The words discrete and discreet are pronounced in the same way and share the same origin but they do not mean the same thing. Discrete means ‘separate,’ as in a finite number of discrete categories, while discreet means ‘careful and circumspect,’ as in you can rely on him to be discreet.
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