China is ghosting the United States - POLITICO Politico Secretary of State Antony Blinken wants to reschedule his date with China. Beijing is giving him the cold shoulder. The Biden administration ...
a body of people, typically influential members of government agencies or the military, believed to be involved in the secret manipulation or control of government policy.
"the deep state and its policy of allowing extremist ideologies to flourish may be the actual issues of concern"
ghosting
noun
1.
the appearance of a ghost or secondary image on a television or other display screen.
"the display is sharper and less prone to ghosting"
2.
the practice of ending a personal relationship with someone by suddenly and without explanation withdrawing from all communication.
"I thought ghosting was a horrible dating habit reserved for casual flings"
Stylish sandals are crucial to any warm-weather wardrobe. But the wrong pair can easily spoil your fun in the sun. (Think: blistered toes, broken straps, and aching feet.)
Therese and Paul Beckwith are the owners of an Alpine chalet with a ski run at the end of the garden and picture-perfect views of snow-clad peaks. ArchDaily Kengo Kuma and Associates has completed its 10,440 square meter Wuxi Vanke arts and shopping complex, a renovated red brick cotton mill in Wuxi, China, featuring an aluminum-clad extension.
With a federal lifeline in hand, A.I.G. is likely to put parts of its sprawling business up for sale. Some units could prove quite attractive to investors and competitors; The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Steven Udvar-Hazy, chairman of A.I.G.'s profitable aircraft leasing business, may lead an effort to buy that unit back.
The marvelous 17th-century artist-poet Shitao, who has an album of small paintings in the show, was luckier. He too made the journey to town, hoping for advancement in the Buddhist church. But after years of striving and failing, he gave up and headed home to take sylvan walks, think Daoist thoughts and peddle his paintings for what they would bring. Failure gave him some peace.
Our woods are sylvan, and their inhabitants woodmen and rustics... — Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), U.S. philosopher, author, naturalist.
Shoe Designers Coordinate Bright/Bold For Tall and Small
With autumn now officially here to stay, shoppers in Europe may be opting for lined boots. But designers and shop owners are already lacing it up for next summer's sexy sandals and high-heel hits.
Fashion alert: This summer saw the return of ultra-high heels and bright, multi-colored sandals in Europe.
At the Duesseldorf International Shoe and Accessory Shoe last week, the trends for Spring/Summer 2009 ranged from mauve peep toe stilettos to green and yellow cork and leather wedges.
And some Asian designers have gone accessory mad -- matching shoes and toenail way beyond your everyday polish.
sandal noun[C] a light shoe, especially worn in warm weather, consisting of a bottom part held onto the foot by straps: a pair of sandals open-toed sandals
━━ n. サンダル ((はきもの)); 〔米〕 (女性名の)浅いオーバーシューズ. san・daled, san・dalled 〔英〕 a. サンダルを履いた.
clad adjectiveLITERARY (of people) dressed, or (of things) covered: A strange figure appeared in the doorway, clad in white. an ivy-clad wall an armour-clad vehicle
The lofty mountain peaks, clad in snow, glinted in the sunlight(高聳的山裡被雪覆蓋,在陽光下閃耀)。
... renditions of classical paintings of scantily clad goddesses and nymphs suggestively gamboling with lecherous gods and satyrs in sylvan settings.
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Google and its arch-nemesis Microsoft have been vying for the affection of Facebook, the young Palo Alto social-networking start-up led by sandal-clad Chief ...
clad
ADJECTIVE
1Clothed:they were clad in T-shirts and shorts[IN COMBINATION]:leather-clad boys
2Covered with cladding:[IN COMBINATION]:copper-clad boards
clad
━━ v. clotheの過去(分詞).
━━ a. (…を)着た, (…に)覆われた; 金属で被覆した. clad・ding ━━ n. 【コンピュータ】(光ファイバーの)外殻; (建物の外側に施すタイルや板などの)張り付け, 外装.
clad adjectiveLITERARY (of people) dressed, or (of things) covered: A strange figure appeared in the doorway, clad in white. an ivy-clad wall an armour-clad vehicle
In a typically sprawling 1997 review of the newly opened, titanium-clad Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, designed by Mr. Gehry, Mr. Muschamp evoked the ghost of Marilyn Monroe to convey the headiness of the design.
Bilbao, 10 Years Later By DENNY LEE A declining industrial city turned to Frank Gehry to deliver some titanium-clad salvation. It got what it wished for.
cladding noun[U] protective material which covers the surface of something: The pipes froze because the cladding had fallen off. sprawl v., sprawled, sprawl·ing, sprawls. v.intr.
To sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly.
To spread out in a straggling or disordered fashion: untidy tenements sprawling toward the river.
v.tr.
To cause to spread out in a straggling or disordered fashion. n.
A sprawling position or posture.
Haphazard growth or extension outward, especially that resulting from real estate development on the outskirts of a city: urban sprawl.
[Middle English sprawlen, from Old English sprēawlian, to writhe.]
sprawlersprawl'ern.
clad adjectiveLITERARY (of people) dressed, or (of things) covered: A strange figure appeared in the doorway, clad in white. an ivy-clad wall an armour-clad vehicle
cladding noun[U] protective material which covers the surface of something: The pipes froze because the cladding had fallen off.
sylvan
also sil·vanadj.
Relating to or characteristic of woods or forest regions.
Located in or inhabiting a wood or forest.
Abounding in trees; wooded.
n.
One that lives in or frequents the woods.
[Medieval Latin sylvānus, from Latin Silvānus, god of the woods, from silva, forest.]
A chalet (pronounced IPA: /ˈʃæleɪ/), also called Swiss chalet, is a type of building in the Alpine region made of wood. Webster's Dictionary defines a chalet as "A wooden dwelling with a sloping roof and widely overhanging eaves, common in Switzerland and other Alpine regions". The term can nowadays be used for any cottage or lodge built in this style.
The term chalet stems from Franco-Provençal speaking part of Switzerland and originally referred to the hut of a herder. It derives from the medieval Latin calittum, which might come from an Indoeuropean root cala that means shelter. In Quebec French, any summer or vacation dwelling, especially near a ski hill, is called a chalet whether or not it is built in the style of a Swiss chalet.
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With the price of pig meat up 38 percent in major cities since the start of the year, China is about to open the floodgates of its national pork reserve.
Definition of floodgate
1: a gate for shutting out, admitting, or releasing a body of water : SLUICE
2: something serving to restrain an outburstopened the floodgates of criticism
firewall
Pronunciation: /ˈfʌɪəwoːl/ NOUN
1A wall or partition designed to inhibit or prevent the spread of fire.
An upright structure of masonry, wood, plaster, or other building material serving to enclose, divide, or protect an area, especially a vertical construction forming an inner partition or exterior siding of a building.
A continuous structure of masonry or other material forming a rampart and built for defensive purposes. Often used in the plural.
A structure of stonework, cement, or other material built to retain a flow of water.
Something resembling a wall in appearance, function, or construction, as the exterior surface of a body organ or part: the abdominal wall.
Something resembling a wall in impenetrability or strength: a wall of silence; a wall of fog.
An extreme or desperate condition or position, such as defeat or ruin: driven to the wall by poverty.
Sports. The vertical surface of an ocean wave in surfing.
tr.v., walled, wall·ing, walls.
To enclose, surround, or fortify with or as if with a wall: wall up an old window. See synonyms at enclose.
To divide or separate with or as if with a wall. Often used with off:wall off half a room.
To confine or seal behind a wall; immure: “I determined to wall [the body] up in the cellar” (Edgar Allan Poe).
To block or close (an opening or passage, for example) with or as if with a wall.
idioms: off the wallSlang.
Extremely unconventional.
Without foundation; ridiculous: an accusation that is really off the wall.
up the wallSlang.
Into a state of extreme frustration, anger, or distress: tensions that are driving me up the wall.
writing (or handwriting) on the wall
An ominous indication of the course of future events: saw the writing on the wall and fled the country.
[Middle English, from Old English weall, from Latin vallum, palisade, from vallus, stake.]