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HAPPY MEDIUM [5 records]

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Record 1 2011-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Theories and Doctrines
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
DEF

An alternative mode approximately midway and left of centre between two prevailing and antagonistic systems. Originally applied to the Swedish policy of neutrality between East and West, in the 1990s it became a buzzword in the US and Britain for those advocating a new radical centrist approach, breaking the mould of conflict between political parties of the left and right.

CONT

Third Way Summit: 14 heads of government from "centre-left" parties will meet in London.

OBS

The phrase "third way" is loosely defined as a happy governing medium between market-driven economies and... state intervention to smooth out the edges. It is seductive language to hide the historic shift away from state provided services.

CONT

The Third Way? No Way. The centre left still struggles to explain what it stands for.

Key term(s)
  • radical center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et doctrines politiques
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
OBS

Troisième voie : nouveau centre gauche en Amérique du Nord et en Grande-Bretagne (Blairisme).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teorías y doctrinas políticas
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
CONT

El líder del Partido Laborista, Tony Blair, pidió ayer la confianza de los británicos para gobernar el Reino Unido con un programa de centro radical formulado para conquistar tanto a sus votantes naturales como a los conservadores desencantados.

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Record 2 2001-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decision-Making Process
DEF

The safe, prudent way between extremes; moderation.

CONT

Most professional performers freely admit to "pre-opening jitters".... the trick is to find and strike the happy medium between too much and too little tension, stage fright, the jitters, or whatever else you might call it.

OBS

happy: exactly appropriate to the occasion ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Processus décisionnel
CONT

mesure: Quantité, dimension déterminée, considérée comme normale, souhaitable. [...] La juste, la bonne mesure.

CONT

«Garder en tout un juste milieu, voilà la règle du bonheur» (DIDER.).

Key term(s)
  • aurea mediocritas

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue

Spanish

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Record 4 1985-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

We’ve seen enough cases of stage fright... to know that no course... would be complete without some mention of how to deal with this self-defeating phenomenon.... Most professional performers freely admit to "pre-opening jitters. "... the trick is to find and strike the happy medium between too much and too little tension, stage fright, the jitters, or whatever else you might call it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

La peur du groupe, chez l'orateur, est un important facteur d'échec. L'anxiété peut prendre diverses formes, du trac passager avant de prendre la parole jusqu'à l'angoisse persistante qui brouille les idées et l'élocution (...)

Spanish

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Record 5 1985-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Nervous System
  • Oral Presentations
DEF

extreme nervousness: a sense of panic.

DEF

a very uneasy, nervous feeling; the fidgets.

CONT

Most professional performers freely admit to "pre-opening jitters. "... the trick is to find and strike the happy medium between too much and too little tension, stage fright, the jitters, or whatever else you might call it.

OBS

jitters: (colloq.).

OBS

jitters: plural but singular or plural in construction ... often used with "the" (experienced a bad case of the jitters before playing the solo).

OBS

fidget: Usu. pl. The fidgets.

Key term(s)
  • jitter
  • fidget

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Système nerveux
  • Exposés et communications orales
DEF

État d'une personne en proie à des émotions et à des impulsions, qui ne peut rester immobile, calme, en repos.

CONT

Être dans un état d'agitation extrême, dans une grande agitation. [...] Son agitation croissait avec l'attente.

Spanish

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