Aさんの おぼえた日記 - 2016年11月24日(木)

QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"I think e-commerce has allowed for Black Friday to start whenever Amazon wants it to start."
SIMEON SIEGEL, an analyst with Nomura, on shifts in holiday shopping.

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

（１）Trump Diversifies Cabinet; Picks Nikki Haley and Betsy DeVos
The president-elect’s first picks were white men, but now he has recruited two women: Gov. Nikki R. Haley of South Carolina and Betsy DeVos, a G.O.P. philanthropist（慈善家）.

（２）Betsy DeVos, Trump’s Education Pick, Has Steered（誘導する） Money From Public Schools
Ms. DeVos, a philanthropist, activist and Republican fund-raiser（基金調達者）, has worked to give families vouchers to attend private schools and pressed to expand charter schools.

（３）Nikki Haley’s Path: From Daughter of Immigrants to Trump’s Pick for U.N.
Ms. Haley, the governor of South Carolina, once criticized President-elect Donald J. Trump’s demeanor（態度）, but is now his choice for United Nations ambassador.

（４）Ralph Branca, Who Gave Up ‘Shot Heard Round the World,’ Dies at 90
The Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher threw the ninth-inning（９回） pitch that Bobby Thomson drove into baseball legend with a pennant（優勝旗）-clinching（テープのしわ？） home run in 1951.

（５）Iraq Told Civilians to Stay in Mosul. Now They’re Paying With Their Lives.　
イラクは、民間人にモスルに残るようにと言っていたが、信じた人は殺されることに
With more and more civilians caught up in the battle to take Mosul from the Islamic State, some military officials are second-guessing（あと知恵で批判する） their initial strategy.

（６）Eli Lilly’s Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug Fails in Large Trial
The company said the drug, solanezumab, had not helped patients with mild symptoms of the disease, a result that may affect prospects for similar tests that are underway.　アルツハイマー薬の治験が失敗

（７）Trump’s Palm Beach Neighbors See an Upside to All the Clamor（叫び）
A security cordon（遮断線） and news trucks descended on the area around the president-elect’s Florida resort, but many residents were blasé（快楽に慣れ過ぎて感動を忘れた、無関心） about the activity.

（８）Clinton Supporters Call for a Recount in 3 States
Experts have suggested that Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin should manually review paper ballots. クリントン支持者は、ミシガン、ペンシルバニア、ウィスコンシンの３州で投票用紙の手作業での審査を求めた。
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2714, Checks on the Powers of Administrative Agencies
Today we learn about checks on the power of administrative agencies.
Presidents use their appointment power to
a. reward political loyalists and advance their policy agendas.
b. remove uncooperative members of Congress.
c. cancel rulings of the Supreme Court and of state courts.
d. raise or reduce taxes.
Outstanding! Choice a is correct.