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...series of events in real time versus people who receive a complete description of the same events at a later point in time. According to Barron, the fallacy applies in many situations, including simple scenarios such as casino games like roulette or even something as mundane as flipping a coin. For instance, Barron said that if a fair coin were flipped five times and by chance landed on heads all five times, a person who had witnessed the series of flips would be more inclined to choose tails on the sixth flip. This person thinks that since the outcome...
...Princeton wins coin toss and chooses to receive. Freshman Patrick Duffy kicks-off. Meko McCray returned it to Princeton...
...leadership that the U.S. took on in the period after World War II. But the world has changed; the language and the concepts that made sense 50 years ago do not make sense now. The U.S. cannot expect an old debt of gratitude to be paid in the coin of perpetual deference. Nations outside the U.S. have no special need or want to hear claims for American leadership today. If those claims are made, they are likely - in American eyes - to be met with nothing more than a sullen ingratitude. Better for all if we just dispense with the whole...
...standing still, I mean...” He trailed off, lost once more in the contemplation of the Stable Boy’s exquisite form. “Oh, you know, here are your wages.” Monsieur Jacques reached into a sizeable purse and withdrew five gold coins.”“And there, Tatiana, is your dinner,” said the Stable Boy, slapping the leopard on the haunch. Tatiana growled with satisfaction and leapt into the air. By the time she had returned to the ground, her teeth were buried in Monsieur Jacques?...
...safe to say that it’s a very well-orchestrated and very complex project,” says Daron J. Manoogian, the Harvard Art Museums’ spokesman. The Fogg has over 260,000 works in its collection, though this number includes every ancient coin and paper drawing. Still, it’s easy to understand why the sheer number of objects to be moved presents a logistical challenge to the renovators. Some of the artwork requires many layers of special packaging to ensure their safety during the move, and most are placed in crates before they...