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red hatting

red hatting  n.— «Chinese officials have put pressure on the Taishang, but so have some Taiwanese officials, accusing them of being more loyal to China, a technique known as “red hatting.”» —“RAND Study Says China’s...

black-brown divide

black-brown divide  n.— «Simmering beneath the surface of activism for job creation and workers’ rights is a tension not unique to New Orleans, what labor activists refer to as the “black-brown divide.” In this case, black New Orleanians...

three-D job

three-D job  n.— «Influenced by the economic slowdown and increasing unemployment, even the so-called three-D (dirty, difficult and dangerous) jobs have become hard to get, for the first time in ten years. Three-D job applicants surpassed...

informationalization

informationalization  n.— «The theme of the three-day annual meeting, the 19th of its kind, is “New Developments In United States-Japan Relations—Internationalization, Informationalization And The Role Of Cities.”» —“...

informationalization

informationalization  n.— «It is not clear why expansion of total tertiary employment is “unhealthy” (P. 63) while increasing employment in “informationalization” (knowledge industries) is “healthy...

sukuk el-tamwil

sukuk el-tamwil  n.— «Egyptian civil law limits the interest on a conventional bond to 7 per cent. This would hardly attract investors, with inflation running at over 30 per cent. However, Law 146 allows for the issue of sukuk el-tamwil...