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LE PARKOUR
- An urban sport, originating in France, where runners attempt to challenge or clear obstacles along a predetermined path; for example, by climbing a staircase, scaling a wall, running across a handrail, or even leaping from building to building; translated as "obstacle-coursing" in English, and described as "the art of movement" by its creators; participants are called Traceurs.
- Usage: Sports report focusing on strange or new activities.
Source: Le-Parkour.com; BBC.com.
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REFLATION
- An economic policy whereby governments use fiscal or monetary stimulus in order to expand output, either by reducing tax burdens, changing the money supply, or adjusting interest rates.
- Usage: Report speculating on future of U.S. economy.
Source: Investopedia.com.
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SHENZHOU IV
- Name of a spacecraft recently launched by China from its Jiuquan Satellite Launching Center of Gansu Province in northwest China, for a final test flight prior to a manned launch in 2003; the Shenzhou has some resemblance to the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, and is launched on the Long March II/F rocket; future Chinese astronauts will be called taikonauts; Shenzhou can be translated to mean "divine vessel" in English.
- Usage: Coverage of China's latest space launch.
Source: Space.com; Bangkok Post.
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