Day 1,921: compatriot, demur, usher

He managed something similar in Donbas where, after 2014, he turned some Russian-speaking Ukrainians into partisans ready to go to war against their compatriots.

But if they demur, they will usher in Ukraine’s defeat.

The war is going badly. Ukraine and its allies must change course

Artwork of the day 
Compatriots of Canova
Noe_Bordignon
Original Title: Compatrioti di Canova
Date: 1882
Style: Realism,Academicism
Genre: genre painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Private Collection
Dimensions: 85 x 113 cm

Word of the day 
compatriot: a person who comes from the same country
demur: to express disagreement or refuse to do something:
usher: to show someone where to go or where to sit:

Quote of the day
“What we call our data are really our own constructions of other people’s constructions of what they and their compatriots are up to.”

― Clifford Geertz, The Interpretation of Cultures