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"Morton's fork" nghĩa là gì?
28 Feb, 2021
"Morton's fork" = cái dĩa của Morton -> nghĩa là tình huống mà cả hai kết quả đều xấu, bất lợi.
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How and When to Reopen Schools: A Modern-day Morton’s Fork. States weighing (đo lường) the health risks and costs associated with mitigating (làm giảm) those risks of reopening K-12 schools in fall 2020 against the educational risks of providing no in-person instruction will find no easy solution.
Declarer won the Spade (quân pích) in his hand and led … the Heart 5. West was stuck in the Morton's Fork. If he won the Ace, declarer had 12 tricks with two Spades, two Hearts, three Diamonds and five clubs, so he ducked (không ăn điểm nào). Declarer won the King and now played on Diamonds giving East the fourth Diamond — with no Hearts to return, declarer made the hand with two Spades, one Heart, four Diamonds and five Clubs.
In this case, decision makers at every level of government faced a Morton’s fork choice between protecting public health and causing huge economic dislocations (trục trặc) or allowing normal movement and business activity and risking a surge in infections, hospitalizations and deaths.
Most defendants prosecuted for drug crimes in federal court are confronted with a Morton’s Fork. During the past 20 years, Congress has escalated (leo thang) mandatory-minimum penalties such that many defendants face minimum sentences of five, 10 or 20 years.
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