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Andrei Posted 21 years ago
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Black and white view

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00The White House says there is no message in the president's itinerary, but Mr Putin will see an implicit and highly symbolic one. 02br
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00That is, from the US point of view, that the collapse of the Soviet Empire and the defeat of the Nazi regime were both victories for freedom. 02br
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00At the same time, Mr Bush will seek to avoid overly antagonising the Russians, so he will raise issues of concern to the Kremlin on his travels. 02br
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00He will urge Latvia to protect the rights of its Russian-speakers and Georgia to forgo ideas of military intervention in its troubled region of South Ossetian, which has close links to Moscow. 02br
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00It is a tricky, nuanced diplomatic task for a president, who is perceived as often having - in public, at least - a black and white view of the world. 02br
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00What is the meaning of 'black and white view' here? 02br
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00Do the 'black and blue' and 'black and red' exist too? 0230hrefhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4514741.stm
  

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00It means that he sees things as being sharply defined: either right or wrong; good or evil; all good or all bad.[A][6] 0-
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0 abbie answered you question about "black and white view," but I am intrigued by your other question about "black and blue" and "black and red." In English, "black and blue" is an idiom used to describe a bruise. "Ow! I just walked into the edge of the door. My arm is going to be all black and blue tomorrow!" I don't know any idiomatic meaning for "black and red." Is there one in Russian?
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0 I missed the other questions - sorry. 02br
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00I don't think we have an idiom for "black and red", though Stendhal wrote a novel "Le Rouge et le Noir" in which red (rouge) symbolised the army and black (noir) the church. 0-
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0 Bonus factoid: Another word for this concept is "Manichaean". The text could have been written as " ... who is perceived as often having - in public, at least - a Manichaean view of the world". 02br
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0 For more info on Mani and manicheanism: 02br
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00The most striking principle of Manichee theology is its dualism. The universe is considered a battlefield for control between an evil material ***, and a good spiritual ***. Christians recognized the evil *** in Satan but could not accept the idea that Sat
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0 abbie, 02br
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00Re: ....either right or wrong; good or evil; all good or all bad. 02br
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00You mean like George Bush's, "You are either with us or against us"?? 0-
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0 Essentially, yes. "My way, or no way at all"! 0-
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0In the U.S., we say, "My way or the highway!" 050010id1
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