President-elect Barack Obama, seeking to quiet concerns that his economic stimulus package would lead to an unsustainable expansion of the public workforce, said today that 90 percent of the 3 to 4 million jobs created or saved by his plan would be in the private sector.
(By Michael A. Fletcher, washingtonpost.com)
Thousands of people have petitioned the Metropolitan Museum to remove the painting from view because it brazens the artist’s letch for pubescent girls.
Urban Dictionary: Letch
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Verb: Gaze at or consider someone with strong sexual desire Noun: Someone acting in this manner.brazen
tr.v., -zened, -zen·ing, -zens.
To face or undergo with bold self-assurance: brazened out the crisis.
[Middle English brasen, made of brass, from Old English bræsen, from bræs, brass.]
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redound
intr.v., -dound·ed, -dound·ing, -dounds.
- To have an effect or consequence: deeds that redound to one's discredit.
- To return; recoil: Glory redounds upon the brave.
- To contribute; accrue.
[Middle English redounden, to flow abundantly, from Old French redonder, from Latin redundāre, to overflow. See redundant.]
VERB
[NO OBJECT]- 1redound toformal Contribute greatly to (a person's credit or honour)‘his latest diplomatic effort will redound to his credit’
- 2redound upon archaic Come back upon; rebound on.‘may his sin redound upon his head!’
re・dound
━━ vi. 寄与する ((to)); (結果として)…になる; はね返ってくる ((on)).
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