Spanish dictionary update

[Joel S. Berson]

Why is this use of "troika" "figurative" rather than
"extended"?  Although it doesn't refer to horses, it is still three
of something concrete (the "international creditors").

Joel

At 7/26/2013 12:16 PM, David Barnhart wrote:
>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/world/europe/a-continent-mired-in-crisis-c
>oins-a-language-of-economic-pain.html?pagewanted=all
><http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/world/europe/a-continent-mired-in-crisis-
>coins-a-language-of-economic-pain.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0> &_r=0
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>In this morning's NYT, p A6
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>". The one word that nearly everyone across Europe shares is 'troika,'
>referring to the three international creditors . that hard-pressed citizens
>from Lisbon to Athens blame for their troubles."
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>My recollection of first hearing _troika_ used figuratively in English is
>from a speech given at the UN by Khrushchev-memorable, as I recall, for his
>taking off his shoe and banging it on the rostrum.
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>Regards,
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>David
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>barnhart at highlands.com
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