Also known as shark suckers or suckerfish, remoras are long, thin, dark fishes that are distributed throughout the world in warm seas. Ancient sailors believed remoras had the power to slow or even stop a ship by attaching themselves to it; the name remora, which means “delay” in Latin, arose from this ancient superstition.
Marine Day was July 20 when it was established, but the law was amended in 2003 to change it to the third Monday of July so that it would always be a three-day weekend. 「海の日は制定当時は7月20日でしたが、2003年の法改正で、必ず3連休となるよう7月の第3月曜日に変更されました。」
(例文です) Brainwashing is an image that is done in cult groups, but of course it is also done in powerful political organizations and in the military sector. カルト集団で行われているイメージのある洗脳ですが、もちろん強権的な政治組織や軍事部門でも行われているわけです。