ムガベ大統領の就任宣誓と疑惑の選挙

Mugabe Is Sworn In After Discredited Vote
（ New York Times ）

Robert Mugabe, the runaway winner in a one-horse race, was quickly inaugurated Sunday as president of Zimbabwe after a runoff election on Friday. His opponent had already dropped out because state-sponsored enforcers were beating and killing his followers.

“I, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, do swear that I will truly serve in the office of president, so help me God,” he said somberly as he stood before a white-wigged judge under a red-carpeted tent at his official residence in Harare.

So began the 84-year-old Mr. Mugabe’s sixth term as president, the victor in an election many world leaders have denounced as
illegitimate.


【 まずは準備運動 】

・inaugurate　就任させる
・opponent　敵、相手、反対者
・somberly　厳粛に
・denounce　公然と非難する
・illegitimate　不法の、規則違反の


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女性にとって最高の夫とは・・・

There is no chance and no anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.

宇宙には偶然も無秩序も存在しない。すべては体系であり、漸次的移行である。あらゆる神々がそれぞれの段階に座っている。
（ラルフ・ウォルド・エマーソン）


An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interest he takes in her.

考古学者は女性にとって最高の夫です。妻が歳をとればとるほど興味を持ってくれるのですから。
（アガサ・クリスティー）

アルプスでスポーツブラが遭難者を救う

Sports bra saves US hiker in German Alps
（ New York Times ）

An American hiker stranded in the Bavarian Alps for nearly three days was rescued after using her sports bra as a signal, police in southern Germany said Monday.

Berchtesgaden police officer Lorenz Rasp said that he helped lift
24-year-old Jessica Bruinsma of Colorado state to safety by helicopter on Thursday after she attracted the attention of lumberjacks by attaching her sports bra to a cable used to move timber down the mountain.

''She's a very smart girl, and she acted very resourcefully,'' said Rasp. ''She kept her shirt and jacket for warmth, but thought the sports bra could work as a signal.''


【 まずは準備運動 】

・lumberjack　木こり、木材伐採人
・timber　木材


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火星の氷は溶けたのか？

Scientists ponder whether ice on Mars ever melted
（ New York Times ）

The apparent discovery of ice near Mars' north pole has scientists asking: Did the frozen water melt at some point in the planet's long history to create an environment friendly for life?

The Phoenix spacecraft exposed bright white crumbs at the bottom of a trench while digging near Mars' north pole earlier this week. The bits disappeared in new photos sent back on Thursday, convincing scientists that the magic act was evidence of ice that vaporized after being exposed to the sun.

Water is a prerequisite for life, but it's just one piece of the
equation. Scientists generally agree that organic carbon and an energy source like the sun are also considered necessary ingredients.


【 まずは準備運動 】

・ponder　熟考する
・trench　堀, 溝
・evidence　証拠、証言
・vaporize　蒸発する


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結婚とは・・・

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

政治がてきぱきと仕事をこなしていたら、それは独裁政治だ。
（ハリー・S・トルーマン）


Marriage is not a word； it is a sentence.

結婚とは単語ではない。それは文である。
（詠み人知らず・・・かな）



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同性愛カップルが明らかにする結婚のジェンダー

Gay Unions Shed Light on Gender in Marriage
（ New York Times ）

For insights into healthy marriages, social scientists are looking in an unexpected place.

A growing body of evidence shows that same-sex couples have a great deal to teach everyone else about marriage and　relationships. Most studies show surprisingly few differences between committed gay couples and committed straight couples, but the differences that do emerge have shed light on the kinds of conflicts that can endanger heterosexual relationships.

The findings offer hope that some of the most vexing problems are not necessarily entrenched in deep-rooted biological differences between men and women. And that, in turn, offers hope that the problems can be solved.


【 まずは準備運動 】

・gender　（社会的な意味での）性
・insight　洞察（力）
・shed　（涙・血を）流す、（光を）放つ
・conflict　闘争、矛盾
・vex　いらいらさせる、悩ます
・entrench　塹壕をめぐらす、（習慣などを）確立する
・root　根づかせる
・in turn　順に、交代で、同様に


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北朝鮮、拉致問題でやや歩み寄る

N. Korea Yields Slightly on Abductions
（ New York Times ）

North Korea said Friday that it would reopen an investigation into abductions of Japanese citizens, reversing its longstanding position that the issue had been settled.

In return, Japan announced that it had agreed to lift some sanctions imposed on the North for its nuclear program, including the ban on travel between the countries, but that more serious sanctions would stay in place.

The Japanese announcement, which followed two days of bilateral talks in Beijing this week, was the first sign in years of even a slight thaw between the countries. Although both sides made very minor concessions, they offered a possible way to resolve the abductions dispute, which has long complicated the six-nation talks over the North’s nuclear weapons program and has strained the relations between the governments in Tokyo and Washington.


【 まずは準備運動 】

・yield　産する、生じる、譲渡する
・abduction　誘拐、拉致
・in place　適当な位置に、ふさわしく.
・thaw　雪解け
・concession　譲歩
・dispute　論争、争い
・complicate　複雑にする、紛糾させる
・strain　（引）張る、緊張させる


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悪とは何か・・・

What is evil ? ― Whatever springs from weakness.

悪とは何か？― 弱さから生じるものすべてだ。
（フリードリヒ・ニーチェ）


Politics: Who Gets What, When, How.

政治とは、誰が、何を、いつ、どのようにして手に入れるかだ。
（ハロルド・ラスウェル）

撤退のクリントン氏、オバマ氏支持を呼びかける

Clinton Ends Campaign With Clear Call to Elect Obama
（ New York Times ）

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton brought her campaign for the White
House to an end on Saturday with a rousing farewell to thousands of supporters here and an emotional and unequivocal call for her voters to get behind Senator Barack Obama, the man who defeated her for the Democratic nomination.

For 28 minutes, standing alone on a stage in the historic National Building Museum, Mrs. Clinton spoke not only about the importance of electing Mr. Obama, but also about the extent to which her campaign was a milestone for women. She urged women who had supported her ― who had turned out at her headquarters, flocked to her rallies and poured into the polls to vote for her ― not to take the wrong lesson from her loss.


【 まずは準備運動 】

・rousing　奮起させる
・defeat　撃破する、敗北させる
・nomination　任命、指名
・urge　促す、要請する
・turn out　（公的な会合などに）現れる、集まる
・flock　群がる、群をなして来る・行く
・rally　（決起）集会、大会
・pour　流れ出る、流れ込む


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東京で白昼の惨劇

Man Kills 7 on Tokyo Street in Rampage
（ New York Times ）

A 25-year-old man who told the police he was tired of life went on a killing rampage in a popular shopping street in central Tokyo on Sunday, plowing his truck into a crowd of pedestrians before stabbing passers-by with a survival knife. Seven people died and 11 were injured.

The attack took place shortly after noon on a street that had been closed to vehicles for the day in Akihabara, the main district for electronics in Tokyo and a magnet for fans of Japanese anime and manga comics. The killings stunned a country that has long enjoyed low crime rates but where a series of random stabbings have recently occurred.


【 まずは準備運動 】

・pedestrian　歩行者
・stab　突刺す
・passer-by　通行人
・vehicle　車、乗物
・stun　（殴って）気絶させる、肝をつぶさせる


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陸海軍を備えた・・・

A language is a dialect with an army and a navy.

言語とは、陸軍と海軍を備えた方言である。
（マックス・ヴァインライヒ）


You are what you think. You are what you go for. You are what you do!

人間とは思考である。人間とは目標である。そして人間とは行動である。
（ボブ・リチャーズ）

100メートルで世界新、記録と疑惑と

Doubts Rise as 100-Meter Record Falls
（ New York Times ）

When Usain Bolt of Jamaica set a world record of 9.72 seconds at 100 meters Saturday night, two questions became urgent:

Was the supporting tailwind legal?

Was Bolt himself legal?

Track and field has become so compromised by doping that any startling performance brings immediate suspicion. Even before the race at the Reebok Grand Prix meet on Randalls Island, Bolt and his top challenger, the 2007 world champion Tyson Gay, faced inevitable questions from reporters about performance-enhancing drugs. The pre-race inquiries have become as routine as the postrace drug screens.


【 まずは準備運動 】

・urgent　緊急の、しつこく迫る
・legal　法律（上）の、合法的な
・compromise　歩み寄って解決する、（生命・信用・名誉を）危うくする
・startle　びっくりさせる
・suspicion　疑い、嫌疑
・inevitable　避けられない、必然的な
・enhance　高める、促進する
・inquiry　質問、調査
・screen　目の粗いふるい、（適格）審査、選別


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中国支援、自衛隊機ではなく民間機で

Japan to Send China Aid on Civilian, Not Military, Planes
（ New York Times ）

Japan on Thursday decided against using military aircraft to deliver aid to earthquake victims in China after Chinese officials reportedly expressed concerns about what would have been the first Japanese military deployment to China since the two countries were enemies during World War II.

Meanwhile, an education official in Sichuan Province conceded that poor official oversight and corruption might have contributed to the collapse of numerous schools during the earthquake on May 12. The official, Lin Qiang, also said he would forgo his own plans to carry the Olympic torch during its relay through the earthquake region.


【 まずは準備運動 】

・concern　関心、心配
・deployment　展開、配備
・concede　認める、譲歩する
・oversight　監督、見落とし
・corruption　腐敗、堕落
・forgo　なしですます、さし控える


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