Donald Trump has reassured Nato allies after spooking European capitals with his suggestion that the military alliance’s mutual defence pact was open to interpretation https://on.ft.com/4kWKbav
Biden Administration Weighs Putting Up Roadblocks to Trump’s Deportation Campaign
Former spooks make especially strong authors. These are our recommendations for the best spy novels
First Republic Bank Is Seized by Regulators and Sold to JPMorgan Chase |
First Republic, whose assets were battered by the rise in interest rates, was unable to avoid a government takeover after two other lenders collapsed last month, spooking depositors and investors. |
Tulsa World looks inside Frank Lloyd Wright’s Westhope in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the only textile block house he designed outside of California. https://bit.ly/3GepuDs
Police have fined two men who had to be rescued from an Australian forest after they were startled by a deer while nude sunbathing on a beach and became lost.
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Police rescue spooked nude sunbathers from Australian forest
China's coronavirus quarantine campaign is an odd mix of high and low technology. In one village a tractor acts as a roadblock
The response has been unmistakably authoritarian
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In Hubei province, a population the size of Italy’s is under lockdown
Spooked by Russia, States Press to Update Voting Systems
- Reacting in large part to Russian efforts to hack the presidential election last year, a growing number of states are upgrading electoral databases and voting machines.
- The plans — from both Democrats and Republicans — amount to the largest overhaul of the nation’s voting infrastructure since 2000.
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What is the GRU?
It has been linked to the annexation of Crimea and the poisoning of Sergei Skripal, but its power could be waning
Some buyers have been spooked.
This $100 billion Chinese-made city rising from the sea has hit a roadblock.
The London Necropolis Railway was the spookiest, strangest train line in British history.
Via BBC Autos
Like many, I downloaded the data this week that Facebook compiled about me over the years, and frankly, it was spooky.
"G0d" turned out to be a 20-year-old amateur hacker living with his parents in a small western German town
An amateur hacker spooks the German establishment
The government is belated beefing up its prevention measures
Beneath its verdant soil lay a prize that the Americans believed held the key to victory. It was the race to control it that brought the spooks to Leopoldville. The prize was uranium, the atomic bomb's essential ingredient
Germans know that whenever others get angry at them, they'll draw a Hitler moustache on posters of their chancellor
What the Führer means for Germans today
As "Mein Kampf" loses its copyright, German society is more complex than ever.
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Data science can be a little spooky sometimes .
The FBI claims to have caught Putin’s spooks in New York, but what were the clues? Evidence suggests a lengthy period of suspicious observation; folded newspapers and the like during fleeting encounters http://econ.st/1v107J0
Gerard Baker discusses Tehran funding the Taliban, Dick Costolo’s departure, slack-fill packaging and more.
Halloween Witch interactive Google doodle to spook you out this Halloween
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Halloween Witch interactive Google doodle to spook you out this Halloween: Google wants to have some Halloween fun with a new interactive ...
Which of the foreign diplomats in your country are spies? Which of your spies is a double agent? And which foreign leaders are planning to bomb their neighbours? All governments strive to answer such questions. American spooks think studying body language may help
http://econ.st/1yMaeqr James Bond’s body languageECON.ST
Halloween Tours That Give You the Creeps
By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM
Looking to spend Halloween season somewhere spooky? Here's a guide to several scary spots in the Northeast.
Also on the program, Kent describes how he got locked inside Westminster Abbey with Handel's grave just under him. Spooky!
Kodak shares fell after it said it borrowed $160 million against its credit line for "general corporate purposes," spooking shareholders worried about the company's cash position.
Crisis Rocks Mideast Power Balance
The unprecedented turmoil in Iran is threatening to reshape the balance of power in the Middle East, spooking some Arab regimes with the specter of similar uprisings.
Google Posts Strong Earnings and Beats Expectations
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
Google’s high-priced acquisitions and new businesses have spooked shareholders, but its third-quarter earnings offered some assurance that its central business is sound.
Intel's profit sank 90% as sales dropped 23% amid a rapid deceleration in computer demand and pricing pressure during the key holiday season.
Putin cast himself as a father-of-the-nation figure in a TV appearance that analysts said was designed to calm Russians spooked by the financial crisis.
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A Highflier Loses Altitude as Google’s Clicks Go Flat
By MIGUEL HELFT
Investors were spooked by a report by the research firm comScore that said clicks on Google ads in the United States were flat in January.
36 Hours of Alarm and Action as Crisis Spiraled
The extent of the credit crisis that unfolded from the morning of Sept. 17 to the afternoon of Sept. 18 was unseen to the public but spooked policy makers into action.
A reprieve for China's online video operators
Posted by: Bruce Einhorn on February 06
So much for that scare. Chinese regulators spooked the country’s would-be YouTubes last month with new rules that, on their face, seemed to require government ownership for any company showing video clips on the Net. At the time, I wrote about the worries that some of the operators had. (Here’s the link.)
But now it seems the entrepreneurs can enjoy their Year of the Rat celebrations in peace.
blockhouse
/ˈblɒkhaʊs/
noun
noun: block-house
- a reinforced concrete shelter used as an observation point.
- HISTORICALa one-storeyed timber building with loopholes, used as a fort.
- USa house made of squared logs.
roadblock とは【意味】(軍用の)道路防塞(ぼうさい),(
high-flyer, high-flier
noun [C]
someone who has a lot of ability and a strong desire to be successful and is therefore expected to achieve a lot:
High-flyers in the industry typically earn 25% more than their colleagues.
high-flyer
group noun [C] (ALSO high-flier) MAINLY UK
an extremely successful organization, business or team
high-flying
adjective [before noun]
extremely successful:
a high-flying investment banker
altitude
noun [C]
height above sea level:
We are currently flying at an altitude of 15 000 metres.
Mountain climbers use oxygen when they reach higher altitudes.
━━ n. 高さ, 高度; 標高, 海抜; 高所; （天体の）高度.
altitude sickness 【医】高度病, 高山病.在飛行或滑雪等經常會碰到 to gain altitude /to LOSE altitude
即"加速和升高"是飛行器的重要性能
反之 To Lose Altitude 表示突然 "高空直墜"或叫"高空失重" 是危險的-- 它被用來當市場或民眾"評價直落"的比喻
LME nickel prices lose altitude.
This method of control is similar toskid steering, but with nothing to skid on, and is accomplished by running one engine faster than the other to turn the plane, and accelerating/decelerating in order to gain or lose altitude.
Anything that falls can easily trade height for some forward motion, and get lift from aerofoils. A glider is usually defined as an aerofoil craft that relies on starting height rather than its own generated energy. But having an internal source of energy (an engine) doesn't always mean it is an aircraft rather than a glider; the engine may be so weak that it doesn't influence the craft's flight. How strong does the engine have to be before it is considered a true aircraft? A good breakpoint would be if the craft provides enough energy that it doesn't lose speed or altitude for a long period.
Kurt Campbell, senior vice president of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the Yasukuni issue has "undermined decades of good will and has caused Japan to lose altitude and air speed in Asia, not just with China but in South Korea and elsewhere."
Traversing is another way t lose altitude without needing to travel fast.
Side slipping is often regarded as "last resort". Perhaps it is not a quick or pretty way to lose altitude, it is nevertheless very effective and safe.
...the investor spooked.
(spūk)
n.
v. Informal, spooked, spook·ing, spooks. v.tr.
To become frightened and nervous.
(spūk)
n.
- Informal. A ghost; a specter.
- Slang. A secret agent; a spy.
- Offensive Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a Black person.
v. Informal, spooked, spook·ing, spooks. v.tr.
- To haunt.
- To startle and cause nervous activity in; frighten: The news spooked investors, and stock prices fell.
To become frightened and nervous.
[Dutch, from Middle Dutch spooc.]
spook
Pronunciation: /spuːk /informal
Definition of spook in English:
NOUN
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NOUN
VERB
he’ll spook if we make any noise
Origin
early 19th century: from Dutch, of unknown origin.
spook (SPIRIT)
noun [C]
INFORMAL FOR ghost (SPIRIT):
The film was dreadful - all spooks and vampires.
spook
verb [T] MAINLY US
to frighten a person or animal:
Seeing the police car outside the house really spooked them.
spooky
adjective INFORMAL
strange and frightening:
It was a spooky coincidence.
spook━ n. 〔話〕 幽霊; 〔俗〕 変人; 〔米俗〕 スパイ; 〔米俗〕 〔軽蔑〕 黒人.━━ vt. 〔米話〕 （動物を）驚かせて走らせる; 〔話〕 （幽霊が）出る.
spook・y
━━ a. 〔話〕 うす気味の悪い.n.
- Informal. A ghost; a specter.
- Slang. A secret agent; a spy.
- Offensive Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a Black person.
v. Informal, spooked, spook·ing, spooks. v.tr.
- To haunt.
- To startle and cause nervous activity in; frighten: The news spooked investors, and stock prices fell.
To become frightened and nervous.
[Dutch, from Middle Dutch spooc.]
lose
luːz/
verb
- 1.be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something)."I've lost my appetite"
synonyms: be deprived of, suffer the loss of, no longer have, stop having
"he's lost a lot of blood but his life is not in danger" - 2.become unable to find (something or someone)."I've lost the car keys"
