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China and Russia are intertwined, but the history of their partnership is complex. 

Once upon a time, Basel was shocked to discover that two of “its” great paintings by Picasso, The Two Brothers (1906) and Seated Harlequin (1923) had only been on loan and were about to be sold. The heirs of the collector and entrepreneur, Rudolf Staechelin, agreed to give the Kunstmuseum Basel first refusal but the city need to raise around CHF 8.4 million ($9 million).

Occupy Wall Street’s ‘Political Disobedience’

The Wall Street protests represent a refusal to engage the worn-out ideologies rooted in the Cold War. 

Michael Stravato for The New York Times

God and Justice Intertwined for Bachmann

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG 10 minutes ago

At Oral Roberts University, above, Michele Bachmann was part of the first class in an educational experiment: a law school rooted in charismatic Christian belief.

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Apple Shares See Muted Reaction to Jobs's Death

Apple shares treaded fairly even ground Thursday following Steve Jobs's death, offering further evidence that company's stock price was no longer intertwined with the fate of the company's chairman, co-founder and visionary.

Andrew Testa for The New York Times

Tabloids’ Stain Rubs Off on Scotland Yard

By DON VAN NATTA Jr.

Testimony and new evidence indicate that Scotland Yard and News International were so intertwined that they both wanted to contain the phone-hacking investigation.

rub off on

Become transferred to another, influence through close contact, as in We hoped some of their good manners would rub off on our children. This idiom alludes to transferring something like paint to another substance by rubbing against it. [Mid-1900s]

ruboff

or rub-off (rŭb'ôf', -ŏf') 
n.

1. An act or result of rubbing off: a ruboff of color onto the fabric.
2. An influence or repercussion: a negative ruboff on marketers generated by dishonest practices.

Henry Adams is the author of Tom and Jack: The Intertwined Lives of Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollock, to be published in November by Bloomsbury Press.

Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Decoding-Jackson-Pollock.html#ixzz0VOhmj7LV

At first the government seemed intent on making sure AIG paid high interest rates for the taxpayer funds, but now those dreams seem to be over as officials have concluded the insurance company is so intertwined with other parts of the financial sector that its collapse would be much more expensive in the long run.

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intertwine Show phonetics
verb [I or T]
to twist or be twisted together, or to be connected so as to be difficult to separate:
The town's prosperity is inextricably intertwined with the fortunes of the factory.
The trees' branches intertwined to form a dark roof over the path.

• closely-intertwined with
• 《be 〜》〜と密接｛みっせつ｝に関連し合う
• complexly intertwined with related factors
• 《be 〜》関連｛かんれん｝する要因｛よういん｝が複雑｛ふくざつ｝に絡み合う
• deeply intertwined promise and peril
• deeply-intertwined promise and perilより転送
  可能性｛かのうせい｝と危険｛きけん｝が複雑｛ふくざつ｝に絡み合った状態｛じょうたい｝
• deeply-intertwined promise and peril
• 可能性｛かのうせい｝と危険｛きけん｝が複雑｛ふくざつ｝に絡み合った状態｛じょうたい｝
• intertwined in some way or other with one's life
• 《be 〜》〜の人生｛じんせい｝に何らかの形でつながりを持った

yea (yā) 

adv.

1. Yes; aye.
2. Indeed; truly: They have spoken, yea, shouted their reply.

n.

1. An affirmative statement or vote.
2. One who votes affirmatively.

[Middle English, from Old English gēa.]

nay

adv.

1. No: All but four Democrats voted nay.
2. And moreover: He was ill-favored, nay, hideous.

n.

1. A denial or refusal.
2. A negative vote or voter.

[Middle English, from Old Norse nei : ne, not + ei, ever.]

first refusal 

• 音節fírst refúsal

1. (家屋・商品などの公開前の)購入権.

Right of first refusal (ROFR or RFR) is a contractual right that gives its holder the option to enter a business transaction with the owner of something, according to specified terms, before the owner is entitled to enter into that transaction with a third party. A first refusal right must have at least three parties: the owner, the third party or buyer and the option holder. In general, the owner must make the same offer to the option holder before making the offer to the buyer. The right of first refusal is similar in concept to a call option.