About a decade a go I was at a company that went through a layoff and a series of massive re-orgs. The entire upper and most of the middle management disappeared over night and we had an interim CEO and almost no other management. I stepped up and began to manage one of the ...
Middle (Logic) A middle term. Between In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.) John stood between Amy and Mary. Let's meet between two and three. I want to buy one that costs somewhere between forty and fi...
and when I opened it I screamed repeatedly in joy and surprise, for about an hour. I barely could breathe. I could not believe it, even though this process had been going on for so long. I’d trained myself not to expect it, as I knew it was incredibly selective. ...
Sir John Popham (1531–1607) was an MP, Speaker of the House of Commons, and Lord Chief Justice of England. We think he would speak and write differently if he were alive today. Lawyer-Speak and Legalese. Of the lamer lawyer-centric institutions, only "Professionalism" and "Work-Life ...
There's a debate on how often to deviate from using a simple “said” to mark dialogue tags. One side argues that the only dialogue tags necessary aresaidandasked. (Joe is a believer in said.) The other side, mainly composed of middle and high school English teachers around the world ...
两个名词并列,只有一个s,则表示“共有”,例如:JohnandMarysroom (约翰和玛丽共有一间);TomandMarysmothe(r 【实例解析】 即Tom与Mary是兄妹)。 These havesavedmanychildren’slives. A.womandoctors B.womendoctor C.womendoctors D.womandoctor
His reply was that “Cancer is caused by chemicals and radiation. You can explode that out to many different types of chemicals whether it’s what you put in your body, what you breath, what you eat, radiation from all sources − women from mammograms, from CT scans, from your cell ...
Frankmeans "Frenchman" or "free man." It was also the first name of one of the 20th century's most famous entertainers—Frank Sinatra. While parents who grew up in the 1950s and '60s may have been interested in naming their children after the famous crooner when they had children in th...
If a child walks in on a racy R- rated movie that his parents are watching, it may upset the child, but it was not the parent's intent for the child to see the film, so it is not intentionally abusive. Though emotional abuse is not physical abuse, it is violent, and it has far...
--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha) Offline Like button can go here #8 2004-05-10 19:25:25 Cobra Commander Member From: The outskirts of Detroit. Registered: 2002-04-09 Posts: 3,039 Re: What if we lose #2 - Further thoughts Not saying I'm in agreement with Mr. Blumrich (site ow...