Australia joins over 20 other nations by expelling Russian diplomats in response to UK nerve agent attack, Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull announces. "This was a fundamental breach of international law." https://abcn.ws/2Ggtnbt
Spanx, Inc. is an American underwear maker focusing on shaping briefs and leggings, founded in Atlanta, Georgia. The company manufactures mainly pantyhose and other underwear for women and, since 2010, produces male underwear as well.Spanx specializes in foundation garments intended to make people appear thinner.
In books by Dhonielle Clayton, Tomi Adeyemi and others, teenagers from around the globe are inventive, romantic and above all empowered.
Cultural scripts are patterns of interaction which are unique to a particular culture. The use of the concept of "scripts," a metaphor from the language of the theater, was introduced into sociology with the ideas of symbolic interactionism.
Only those with sufficient computer-science skills can study the computer programs that play an ever-growing role in society. This is bad for research and the public
An operant conditioning chamber (also known as the Skinner box) is a laboratory apparatus used to study animal behavior. The operant conditioning chamber was created by B. F.Skinner while he was a graduate student at Harvard University (studying for a master's degree in 1930 and a doctorate in 1931).
In a run-down part of Cairo, a group of buildings have been daubed with seemingly random splodges of paint. From the right viewpoint, the patterns become a poem that celebrates the neighbourhood. The Economist’s 1843 magazine meets the street artists of the Middle East
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on hand
PHRASE
1Present, especially for a specified purpose.
‘her trainer was on hand to give advice’
1.1Readily available.
1.2Needing to be dealt with.
‘they had many urgent and pressing matters on hand’
late-breaking
ADJECTIVE
(Of a news story) that becomes public or breaks close to or after the print or broadcast deadline for a newspaper, newscast, etc.; (in extended use) very recent, up-to-date, last-minute.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in The Appleton Post-Crescent.
The Swedes hope that tech firms will be inspired to take gender inequality in online content more seriously Sweden tries to increase gender equality on the web Together with Wikimedia, Swedish diplomats are hosting #WikiGap edit-a-thons in 54 embassies ECONOMIST.COM
2017.8.20 telethon Jerry Lewis raised $2.45 billion through his annual fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association beginning with his first telethon in 1966. His publicist reflects on the life and legacy of the actor, comedian and icon who died peacefully today at age 91. http://cnn.it/2x3Ct7e
傑里·劉易斯通過他的肌肉營養不良協會年度籌款活動，從1966年的第一次電話開始籌集了24.5億美元。他的宣傳員反映了91歲時今天和平地去世的演員，喜劇演員和圖標的生命和遺產。http：// cnn。它/2x3Ct7e (google 翻譯)
Jerry lewis通過他在1966. 年的首次電視節目中募集了2.45億美元. 他的公關反映了91. 歲的演員, 喜劇演員和喜劇演員的生命和遺產. Http://cnn.it/2x3Ct7e (Facebook：Muscular Dystrophy Association 丟了 )
A telethon (a television" and "marathon") is a televised fundraising event that lasts many hours or even days, the purpose of which is to raise money for a ...
紀念David Kerridge 今天讀一則新聞: On Oct. 31, Q2 Music celebrates new music's favorite holiday, Halloween, with Q2's first 24-hour scarathon of hair-raising microtones, densely clustered choruses and heart-pumping slasher film suites: http://bit.ly/16kuHGv 查一單字字根寫進”英文人行道”BLOG 其實這字根十幾年前英國的David Kerridge教授在email就教過我了.
今年他過世了. 我用英文寫篇感謝給其家人.
我們從未謀面.
-athon
Entry from World dictionary
suffix
• forming nouns denoting an action or activity which is carried on for a very long time or on a very large scale, typically to raise funds for charity: talkathon, walkathon
Origin:
on the pattern of (mar)athon
