The magazine said the oversupply of finished homes in the north of the country is most evident in the Linkou, Sansia and Danshui districts in New Taipei City and near the expressways leading to Nankang Science Park in Taoyuan County and Jhongli City. The situation also exists in Hsinchu City and Chupei City, it said.

The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register for 1798 included an explanation by a reader of how the cut was carried out in his college days in a lengthy letter to the editor, signed by the pseudonym Ansonius. In his rambling letter, Ansonius noted that when he was at college, … if a man passed an old acquaintance wittingly, without recognizing him, he was said— ‘To cut him.’ Ansonius then went on to explain the performance of the cut and noted that for a time the term to spear was used instead of to cut. However, that term did not remain long in use, and this act was generally known as the cut ever after.

Personnel stood in formation as they bid farewell to their family and friends during a ceremony at the port to send the cargo ship and its crew off on its journey to Zhanjiang, southern China, where the ACMEX maneuvers will be held, an epa-efe journalist reports.

And we cannot doubt, our Brothers in Physick … will friendly accept, if not countenance our endeavours.