muscle car

powerful car: a flashy car with a big engine, designed to look like a sports car

Hasta la Vista for Spain's Siesta?

The traditional lengthy lunch break long associated with siestas in Spain will end for civil servants under a law that took effect last week. Government ministries will close at 6 p.m., meaning workers must take shorter lunch breaks--but can get home to their families sooner. Stereotypes notwithstanding, Spain's siesta custom is often problematic for workers, who typically toil well into the evening after returning from lunch. Despite their long hours, a new report found, Spanish workers' productivity is low.

Civil servant: noun: a public official who is a member of the civil service

siesta: afternoon rest: an early afternoon rest or nap


[Mid-17th century. Via Spanish < Latin sexta (hora) "sixth (hour of the day), noon"]


toilnoun: noun: productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
verb: work hard

When voters in Bolavia elected Morales to be their next president in mid-December, some saw onetime coca famers rise to the power as a blessing for south American's poorest nation. As a native Amaya indian, Morales gives a high-profile representation to the long suffering indegenous majority. But he also takes after leftiest leader, which may bode ill for US-Bolivian relations.

He proclaimed himself American's nightmare and he also pledged to encourage coca production, which foes say that amount to quitting the drug war.

foes

woes:
1. Deep distress or misery, as from grief; wretchedness. See Synonyms at regret.
2. Misfortune; calamity: economic and political woes.