Since the end of the cold war one simple geopolitical rule has endured: do not take on America. This rule still holds—but it is no longer quite as compelling as it once was. The military playing field is more even than it has been for many years. That is a big problem for the Westhttp://econ.st/1I22JA6
More than 400 people are missing and feared dead, after a tourist ferry with 458 people aboard overturned on the Yangzi river in stormy weather on the evening of June 1st. If the death toll is as bad as it might be, this would be the worst boat disaster in the history of the People’s Republic of China. Citizens are watching their government’s rescue effort with bated breath—and with an all too familiar paucity of information http://econ.st/1KJFble
It reads like one of those French art-house movies about theatrical marital breakdown, shot in close-up and set in an elegant apartment. Yet this is not fiction, but real life, as recounted by Valérie Trierweiler, the former partner of François Hollande, France's president. Her tell-all book on their split is now available in English, here's our take on the original http://econ.st/1FjMgDR #econarchive
Walking a tightrope into history - Thousands watched with bated breath as a blindfolded Nik Wallenda completed high-wire walks 500ft above the city of Chicago bbc.in/1t5tBD3
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Since the Bank of Japan unleashed a massive new easing program last month, European and U.S. investors have waited with bated breath for more BOJ bond buys to push Japanese lifers overseas.
A tontine (English pronunciation: /tɒntiːn/) is an investment plan for raising capital, devised in the 17th century and relatively widespread in the 18th and 19th centuries. It combines features of a group annuity and a lottery. Each subscriber pays an agreed sum into the fund, and thereafter receives an annuity. As members die, their shares devolve to the other participants, and so the value of each annuity increases. On the death of the last member, the scheme is wound up.
Tontines are regulated in Europe under the Directive 2002/83/EC of the European Parliament[1] and are still common in France.[2]
Questionable practices by U.S. life insurers in 1906 led to the Armstrong Investigation in the United States restricting some forms of tontines. Nevertheless, in March 2017, The New York Times reported that tontines were getting fresh consideration as a way for people to get steady retirement income.[3]
2020/02/19 - a new lease of life definition: 1. an occasion when you become more energetic and active than before: 2. an increase in the period…. Learn more.
Breathe (new) life into definition is - to give new energy and excitement to (take
A particular version of or approach to something:his own whimsical take on life
Definition of take on in English:
bated
Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪtɪd/
Definition of bated
adjectiveTake a Deep Breath
mephitic (muh-FIT-ik)
adjective: Poisonous or foul-smelling.
Etymology
From Latin mephitis (foul smell).
Usage
"Jack Black is a sterling example of the actor who starts out seeming like a breath of fresh air, and then turns into something stale, fetid, mephitic, nauseating." — Joe Queenan; Do You Remember When Jack Black Was Funny?; The Guardian (London, UK); Oct 9, 2009.
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━━ a. 悪臭を放つ.
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