Day 1,690: garner, fathom, wretched, spell

The cdp’s net approval rating is around 5% in most polls, while the ldp garners between 15% and 35%.

Still, the degree to which the centre-left remains stained by this failure is hard to fathom.

He took over from Edano Yukio, a former dpj secretary-general, who was especially associated with the party’s wretched spell in power.

Izumi Kenta wants to shake up Japan’s opposition

Artwork of the day 
Ukrainian Bull, Three Years Old, Went Walking Through the Woods and Garners Strength
Maria Primachenko
Original Title: Український поліський бичок-третячок гуляє у лісі та силу збирає
Date: 1983
Style: Naïve Art (Primitivism)
Genre: animal painting
Media: gouache, paper
Dimensions: 61.3 x 85.5 cm

Word of the day 
garner: to collect something, usually after much work or with difficulty:
fathom: a unit for measuring the depth of water, equal to 1.8 metres or 6 feet; to discover the meaning of something:
wretched: unpleasant or of low quality:
spell: a period of time for which an activity or condition lasts continuously:

Quote of the day
“The kiss itself is immortal. It travels from lip to lip, century to century, from age to age. Men and women garner these kisses, offer them to others and then die in turn.”

― Guy de Maupassant, The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant, Part One