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Day 1,968: recoil, apprehend, logistical


But free-trade Republican lawmakers could recoil at tariffs on America’s close allies.

Likewise, apprehending, detaining and processing millions of people will be a logistical nightmare.


Artwork of the day 
Procession of the Queen of Sheba (detail)
Piero_della_Francesca
Date: 1452 - 1466
Style: Early Renaissance
Series: The Legend of the True Cross
Genre: religious painting
Media: fresco, wall
Location: Basilica of San Francesco, Arezzo, Italy

Word of the day 
recoil: to move back because of fear or disgust (= dislike or disapproval):
apprehend: to catch and arrest someone who has not obeyed the law:
logistical: relating to the careful organization of a complicated activity:

Quote of the day
“Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.”

Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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