Democratic ire for William Barr is, in part, a case of shooting the messenger. A cult-like faith in Robert Mueller has failed to pay off
A cardiologist who treated former President George H.W. Bush was killed Friday morning in a bicycle-to-bicycle drive-by shooting.
‘It is commonplace to observe that both Proust and Einstein, in their different ways, were concerned with the subjectivity of time. I find most of these comparisons uninteresting. There is at least one moment in A la recherche du temps perdu, however, at which Proust reveals himself to be au courant with contemporary physics.’
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Jeremy Bernstein: Four-Dimensional Proust
I cannot believe that the idea of time as the fourth dimension simply sprang out of his head. He must have read it somewhere.
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Urban Dictionary: drive by
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1. A shooting performed by a gang-member in a slowly moving motor vehicle that then speeds away from the scene. 2. To 'suss' something out, to complete a recceこのページを訳す
PLURAL NOUN
- 1A loose-fitting jacket and trousers for sleeping in.‘a pair of pyjamas’‘pyjama trousers’
- 1.1 Any clothing suitable for wearing in bed.‘a picture of a baby in one-piece pyjamas’
- 1.2pyjamain singular A pair of loose trousers tied by a drawstring around the waist, worn by both sexes in some Asian countries.‘he was attired in an off-white kurta, white pyjama, and red waistcoat’
- 1.1 Any clothing suitable for wearing in bed.
Origin
Early 19th century: from Urdu and Persian, from pāy ‘leg’ + jāma ‘clothing’.
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