Day 2,556: elusive, coercion, relinquish, devolve
About reform in Russia, he is elusive. The country must be predictable to the outside world and must win over its people without resorting to coercion. Implicitly, he wants Mr Putin to relinquish one-man rule and devolve power.
https://economist.com/leaders/2026/07/09/the-man-who-would-change-russia
Artwork of the day
Title: Whalers
Artist: Joseph_Mallord_William_Turner (British, London 1775–1851 London)
Date: ca. 1845
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 36 1/8 x 48 1/4 in. (91.8 x 122.6 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1896
Object Number: 96.29
Curatorial Department: European Painting
Word of the day
elusive: difficult to describe, find, achieve, or remember:
coercion: the use of force to persuade someone to do something that they are unwilling to
relinquish: to give up something such as a responsibility or claim:
devolve: to (cause power or responsibility to) be given to other people:
Quote of the day
“She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow.”
― Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl
