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Creative recusal means that you refuse delivery on unwelcome items of knowledge. In a world of intrusive information, it is rewarding to turn off your hearing aid in the midst of a particularly cretinous and gaudy aria. In an epoch when fame is the coin of the globe, it is satisfying to slam a mental door on Trump...
...Coin fanciers responded excitedly in 1986 when Japan began issuing its first gold coins since World War II. Minted by the Bank of Japan to commemorate the | 60th year of Emperor Hirohito's reign, the 24-karat pieces were coveted by collectors even though the Ministry of Finance set the price of the 20-gram coins at 100,000 yen (now $690) -- more than twice the value of their weight in gold. To meet heavy demand, Japan minted 11 million coins...
Despite the well-plotted scam, the Ministry of Finance plans to issue another series of 20-gram gold coins with a face value of 100,000 yen this fall to commemorate the enthronement of Japan's new Emperor, Akihito. Officials are studying ways to modify the coin's design or packaging to prevent new forgeries...
...press has gradually elevated pollsters to the status of prophets. And journalists sometimes forget that their prophecies come not from the heavens but from a branch of mathematics called probability theory, whose most obvious application is to gambling. The concepts are commonly introduced in statistic classes with reference to coin tosses and dice. It is hardly an exact science. Roughly one time out of 20 the typical pollster's finding will fall outside the stated margin of error. And even that assumes a flawless sample that will be exactly representative of the whole population and a 100% response rate -- conditions...
Sadeghi, who said he has a prototype of Borek's condom dispenser in his room, said students would be less likely to damage the new machines than the ones currently in place. "The machines we have right now have no coin return, no sign saying they're out of condoms," he said...