It has become the most vivid example yet of how social media are changing the way that war is chronicled, experienced and understood
It has become the most vivid example yet of how social media are changing the way that war is chronicled, experienced and understood
We fact-checked the unfounded theory amplified by right-wing voices about U.S.-funded bioweapons labs in Ukraine.
A young generation of climate Scrooges will be on the warpath this Christmas. Companies ignore them at their peril
Stigma is a force for creative destruction
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Stigma is a force for creative destruction
The White House is reviewing a new plan to send 120,000 U.S. troops to the Middle East. The plan was ordered by the hawkish national-security adviser John Bolton, who has long been fixated on using military force against Iran.
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Cisco Systems sold $4 billion in bonds to bolster its war chest for acquisitions, the latest company to take advantage of healing credit markets and falling interest rates.
Likewise, no school can possibly offer all 34 Advanced Placement courses that are out there, and yet there are often students in the schools who would love to take some of the ones that are not offered. In these foothold areas, computer-based or online learning is beginning to fill the void and plant itself and make inroads in the education system in classic disruptive fashion.
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AOL Buys Bebo for $850 Million
By EMILY STEEL and MERISSA MARR
Time Warner Inc.'s AOL is to acquire social networking site Bebo.com for $850 million, hoping to establish a foothold in the social media sector of the Internet.
AOL is buying social-networking site Bebo for $850 million, hoping to establish a foothold in social media as it transforms into an ad-driven business.
Flake has been a long-time critic of Trump -- starting when Trump peddled his false theory that Obama was born in Kenya, through Trump’s calling Mexican immigrants “rapists,” and his call for a travel ban on Muslims. Soon thereafter, Trump went on the warpath against Flake -- savaging him as “toxic” and a “flake,” and encouraged a primary challenge against him. Flake’s poll ratings plummeted.
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warpath
NOUN
in phrase on the warpath- Angry and ready or eager for confrontation.‘her outraged husband was on the warpath’
Origin
Late 18th century: originally with reference to a route taken by North American Indians heading towards a battle with an enemy.
noun INFORMAL MAINLY HUMOROUS
on the warpath angry and likely to argue or punish:
If there was one thing she couldn't face in the morning it was her mother on the warpath.
war・path
（北米インディアンの）出陣する道. Warpath definition is - the route taken by a party of American Indians going on a warlike expedition or to a war.
on the warpath 戦って; 怒って.
on the warpath 戦って; 怒って.Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.
The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1: an area in hostile territory that has been occupied and is held for further troops and supplies
Synonyms: beachhead, bridgehead
A firm or secure position that provides a base for further advancement.
Meaning #2: a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing
Synonym: footing
足場; 立脚地; （普通a ～） 堅固な広場.
war footing
the condition or status of a military force or other organization when operating under a state of war or as if a state of war existed. Origin of war footing
WAR CHEST n.
- An accumulation of funds to finance a war effort.
- A fund reserved for a particular purpose such as a political campaign.
war room
n. A room in which strategic decisions, especially for a military or political campaign, are made.chest (BOX) Show phonetics
noun [C]
a large strong box, usually made of wood, which is used for storing valuable goods or possessions or for moving possessions from one place to another:
Her books and clothes were packed into chests and shipped across to Canada.
A Look at Microsoft's Security War Room
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Josh Fink writes "C|Net has an interesting piece about Microsoft's Security War Room, or rather, shall I say rooms. This room came about when Microsoft's ...
━━ n. 戦争 ((against, on)); 交戦期間［状態］; 軍事, 戦術; 争い, 闘争.
at war 交戦中で ((with)); 争って. carry the war into the enemy's camp （積極的に）敵陣に攻め入る. declare war 宣戦する ((on, against)). go to war 戦争になる ((against, with)); 出征する. have been in the wars 〔話〕 傷だらけになって. make [wage] war 戦争をしかける ((on, against)).━━ vi. （-rr-） 戦争する, 戦［闘］う ((with, against)).
war baby 戦争中［直後］に生まれた子 ((特に私生児)). War between the States （the ～） 南北戦争 （the Civil War）. war・bonnet 北米インディアンの羽根飾り（帽）. war bride 戦争花嫁 ((夫の出征直前の，あるいは外国人兵士との結婚)). war chest 軍資金; 活動［運動］資金. war-cloud 戦雲, 戦争になりそうな気配. war club （アメリカンインディアンが用いた）戦闘用こん棒. war correspondent 従軍記者. war crime 戦争犯罪. war criminal 戦争犯罪人, 戦犯. war cr
ときの声; （政党の）標語, スローガン. war dance （未開民族の）出陣［戦勝］の踊り. war・fare 戦争, 交戦（状態）; 闘争. war footing （軍隊などの）戦時体制. war game 机上作戦; （pl.） 実戦演習. war god 軍神 ((特にギリシア神話の Ares，ローマ神話の Mars)). war・head （魚雷・爆弾の）弾頭. war-horse 軍馬; 〔話〕 老兵, 古つわもの; 老練家; 〔話〕 飽きられた作品［曲］. War in the Pacific （the ～） 太平洋戦争.
war・like
━━ a. 戦争［軍事］の; 好戦的な; 戦闘［挑戦］的な. war・lord 将軍; 【史】（中国の）督軍. war memorial 戦没者記念碑. war・monger 戦争挑発者.war・mongering n., a. 戦争挑発（の）.
War of 1812 【史】（the ～） （英米の）1812年戦争 （1812-15）. War Office 【英史】（the ～） 陸軍省. War of Independence （the ～） 米国独立戦争 ((1775-83)). war of nerves 神経戦. war paint 北米インディアンなどが出陣前に体に塗る絵の具; 〔話〕 盛装; 化粧品. war・path （北米インディアンの）出陣する道. on the warpath 戦って; 怒って. war・plane 軍用機. war・ship 軍艦. Wars of the Roses 【英史】（the ～） バラ戦争 ((1445-85)). war story 戦争体験記［談］; （人生の苦労話・冒険譚などの）体験記（談）. war・time ━━ n., a. 戦時（の）. war whoop （北米インディアンの）ときの声. war widow 戦争未亡人. war・worn ━━ a. 戦いに疲れた. war zone 交戦地帯.
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