Subj : unclear To : Ardith Hinton From : Alexander Koryagin Date : Sun Oct 27 2019 10:50:12 Hi, Ardith Hinton! I read your message from 27.10.2019 00:56 AK>> -----Beginning of the citation----- AK>> The rapid exit of US forces that left the Kurds exposed AK>> was a gift to Putin: Russian journalists roaming newly AK>> abandoned US military bases played the moment for all it AK>> was worth, casting it a hasty helicopters-on-the-roof AK>> moment for American power. AK>> ----- The end of the citation ----- AK>> The last two lines are unclear for me, especially "casting it a AK>> hasty helicopters-on-the-roof moment for American power". AH> I agree with you that various journalists... regardless of who AH> their employers are, BTW... may have "exaggerated the American AH> retreat". And I agree with Paul that where he & I come from the AH> majority of TV journalists seem to be "in the business of selling AH> viable commercial air time to advertisers". If the upcoming news or AH> weather report sounds quite dramatic, folks are more likely to stay AH> glued to their seats during the ads because they don't want to miss AH> of the dramatic & performing arts. Or as people in the restaurant AH> business advised me, "Sell the sizzle... not the steak".: - Q Or, IMHO better, "Sell the smell... not the steak". They say, modern chemists can forge the smell of any food. Now in Russia we even have a new law according to which the shops must tell if such technology had been used for a particular product. Now I can see in the shops "cake with chocolate taste", "cake with strawberry taste" etc. ;-) Bye, Ardith! Alexander Koryagin english_tutor 2019 --- * Origin: nntps://fidonews.mine.nu - Lake Ylo - Finland (2:221/360.0) .