In 2000, the Court played an outsized role in the Presidential election. This year, in the fight over keeping Trump’s name on the ballot, that decision is a warning but not a precedent.
Soybeans, which accounted for just $21.5 billion of $2.4 trillion in U.S. exports in 2017, seem to be punching above their weight in U.S. trade policy.
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Amazon’s New York Home Qualifies as ‘Distressed’ Under Federal Tax Law
The Long Island City site was designated as an “opportunity zone,” an incentive created by President Trump’s tax bill to help low-income areas attract investment.
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A mix of businesses, warehouses and residences along Vernon Boulevard near Route 495 in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. Joshua Bright for The New York TimesOffering $2 Billion in Incentives, Did New York and Virginia Overpay for Amazon?
The states offered tax credits, rebates and other incentives to lure the online retail giant and 25,000 jobs. Neighboring states offered even more.
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New York is a genuine tech hub. (And that was before Amazon.)
Spanish now lags far behind its close rival, French, in diplomatic use. More patents are filed in German, which has far fewer speakers. It is widely learned as a foreign language in just three countries—Brazil, the United States and France
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Spanish is one of the most important languages in history—but it punches far below its weight
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Spanish is one of the most important languages in history—but it punches far below its weight
From the archive
在希臘神話中，金羊毛是一隻會飛、會說話的名叫克律索馬羅斯的公羊的毛。荷米斯將克律索馬羅斯送給色薩利的涅斐勒，讓她用這隻公羊來運送她的兩個孩子赫勒和佛里克索斯，來讓逃離伊諾的毒手。克律索馬羅斯背著兩個孩子向東飛，後來赫勒落入海中，而佛里克索斯則安全地到達了科爾喀斯（相當於今天的喬治亞）。佛里克索斯將克律索馬羅斯犧牲給宙斯（Zeus），把它的羊毛送給了科爾喀斯的國王埃厄忒斯。
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亞爾古英雄取金羊毛的故事發生在此後：當時在科爾喀斯的國王埃厄忒斯據說是太陽神赫利俄斯的兒子和美狄亞（Medea）的父親。伊阿宋（Easun）和其他英雄們企圖盜取金羊毛來保證伊阿宋獲得他的遺產。最後在美狄亞的幫助下他們克服重重困難獲取了金羊毛。美狄亞與伊阿宋結婚。
古代作家如斯特拉波、亞壁等對金羊毛的敘述與上述故事有些差別。金羊毛的故事很可能有一定的歷史背景。今天的考古發現證明在前三千前兩千年時今天的喬治亞地區的冶金技巧已經達到了很高的水平了。尤其金的加工非常精巧。此外當時當地還有許多牧羊的部落。這些文化成就很可能是金羊毛的故事的背景。
在波西·傑克森中，波西一行人也曾進行出發去尋找金羊毛的任務。
2) To be (temporarily) successful in such a situation. From boxing; a fighter who is punching above his weight is fighting an opponent who is heavier and more ...
punch below one's weight - Wiktionary
punch below one's weight. (idiomatic) To achieve or perform at a level lower than should be expected based on one's preparation, attributes, rank, or past ...
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