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- HOW BANKS PREPARED FOR A U.S. DEFAULT. (2)
- GREECE’S ADVANTAGE IN THE CHICKEN GAME. (2)
- Nick: That makes sense. It reminds me of the stories Pater Familias would tell me about how in Boston the person with...
- Dick Weisfelder: Greece seems to me to be playing a game that Karl Deutsch called “underdog.” While one...
- FOOTBALL PLAYERS DELIBERATELY CAUSING CONCUSSIONS? (3)
- Nick: It was my understanding that boxing gloves were to protect the puncher’s hands and not the...
- Dick Weisfelder: Remember the Roman arenas? Bare knuckled boxing? Such injuries were taken as natural and accepted in...
- Mary Jane Schaefer: This isn’t about football. Or even sportsmanship. Well, it is about sportsmanship. But what...
- A 25 % CHANCE OF A EURO DEFAULT? (1)
- Nick: The fact that this has gone on for so long is pretty perplexing. The Economist is referring back to articles it...
- DECIDING WHAT KIND OF PATIENT YOU ARE. (1)
- Dick Weisfelder: One can be very open to new technology, but also risk averse. The recent debates about how to...
- THE EUROZONE—A CHICKEN GAME WHERE EVERY MEMBER CAN BLOW IT UP? (1)
- Mary Jane Schaefer: This is not a matter of chicken. These are all turkeys.
- PLAYING WITH MATCHES NEAR A GASOLINE TANK. (1)
- Mary Jane Schaefer: Why would the French care? As long as they take down Britain?
- NORWAY’S CHRISTMAS BUTTER SHORTAGE. (1)
- Mary Jane Schaefer: Christmas with a butter cookie shortage–in Scandinavia. This isn’t even Scrooge. This...
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Monthly Archives: July 2007
MAWNGENOWN.
MAWNGENOWN. I have no idea what the spelling of this word is in Danish. The spelling in the caption is how it sounded when my mother said it. Words enter languages because they are useful (see the other post for … Continue reading
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Uppehållsväder.
Uppehållsväder. The Swedes have a word for it. Chris Weisfelder wrote me from Sweden: “I’m going to teach you a word that you hear a lot in Sweden – uppehålsväder (holding up weather). We had some today. This is basically … Continue reading
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ARE TWINS UNSUCCESSFUL? (COMMENT).
ARE TWINS UNSUCCESSFUL? (COMMENT). I checked Wikipedia here to see whether I had forgotten any famous twins. It seems to confirm that the answer to Dick Weisfelder’s question is that there have not been many distinguished twins. I had not … Continue reading
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TWINS IN SPORTS– WITH ONE MISTAKEN IDENTITY STORY (COMMENT).
TWINS IN SPORTS –WITH ONE MISTAKEN IDENTITY STORY (COMMENT). Successful twins seem to be more common in sports than in politics. There were the Van Arsdale twins in basketball, who had remarkably similar careers. I saw them play when they … Continue reading
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IMPORTANT TWINS (COMMENT).
IMPORTANT TWINS (COMMENT). Dick Weisfelder in a comment mentions the ultranationalist Kaczynski twins in Poland and asks “How about some posts on roles identical twins have played in various careers and countries?” I have been thinking about Dick’s question, and … Continue reading
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CRIME IN CHICAGO.
CRIME IN CHICAGO. For the next couple weeks, the Chicago newspapers are going to be having trial stories with vivid descriptions of gangster life. Here are yesterday’s story and today’s story. In a college economics class, Meyer Burstein commented that … Continue reading
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WHAT’S 16 VARIATIONS WHEN YOU CAN HAVE 42?
WHAT’S 16 VARIATIONS WHEN YOU CAN HAVE 42? I was excited by the 16 Ayckbourn plays. I have received in the mail an ad for the next shows at 59E59 Theaters (where the Ayckbourn plays were performed) and one of … Continue reading
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THE AYCKBOURN PLAYS–THE BEST ACTING I HAVE EVER SEEN?
THE AYCKBOURN PLAYS—THE BEST ACTING I HAVE EVER SEEN? I think yes. Of course the demands of the plays on the actors are astounding—over twenty hours of dialogue for only two actors. Each actor created three major characters and several … Continue reading
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THE AYCKBOURN PLAYS–CAN EACH PLAY STAND ALONE?
THE AYCKBOURN PLAYS—CAN EACH PLAY STAND ALONE? I described here the Alan Ayckbourn cycle of sixteen plays called INTIMATE EXCHANGES. The extraordinary challenge of sixteen plays raises the question whether an individual play would be worth seeing on its own. … Continue reading
THE AYCKBOURN PLAYS–HOW MANY OF THE SIXTEEN PLAYS SHOULD BE SEEN?
THE AYCKBOURN PLAYS—HOW MANY OF THE SIXTEEN PLAYS SHOULD BE SEEN? My answer is that I would see all 16 of them if I could. I managed to see five of them in an eight day period. Do the plays … Continue reading
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