Spanish dictionary update

[Dan Goncharoff]

Maybe because it is not three Russians? Or a group of three being talked
about by a Russian?

DanG


On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> 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").
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> Joel
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> 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,
> >
> >David
> >
> >
> >
> >barnhart at highlands.com
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