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Jun 5, 2003
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with Anu Gargdeep-six(deep siks) verb tr.
1. To throw overboard. [From nautical slang deep-six (burial at sea), or from the allusion to the typical depth of a grave.]
"Second, the PRI holds the biggest bloc of seats in both legislative
houses, and Fox's relentless condemnation of their governance during
his presidential bid has strengthened their resolve to deep-six his
agenda."
"Yet prominent critics of the protocol - notably economist William Pizer
of Resources for the Future, a Washington think tank, and political
scientist David G. Victor of the Council on Foreign Relations - have
argued that the best response isn't to deep-six Kyoto but to add a
safety valve." X-BonusMoral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong. All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped them up and tried to enforce them. The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant, in this field as in all others. His culture is based on "I am not too sure." - H.L.Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (1880-1956) |
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