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...ever find yourself unintentionally speaking these invented languages in your daily life? I definitely had a little bit of that when I can back from one of the Esperanto conferences. I had gotten very used to these little set phrases like jes, the Esperanto word for "yes." I would be ordering a sandwich at the counter, and the cashier would ask, "Do you want a bag for that?" I'd say, "Jes," with this weird pronunciation...
...Have you gotten any feedback on your book from members of the Esperanto or Klingon communities? There aren't a lot of works by outsiders that aren't dismissive. I've gotten good reaction from members of the Esperanto community. I haven't heard so much from Klingon speakers, but, you know, the Klingon culture is not known so much for their communication...
...editors: As someone who has gotten to know Cabot Resident Dean Mya M. Mangawang this past semester through her freshman seminar, I’d like to give some balance to The Crimson’s article on her depature (“Controversial Cabot Resident Dean Departs,” News, May 8). Mya Mangawang has always been enthusiastic about her role in Cabot House. With Housing Day approaching a few months ago, she polled our class about our preferences, acknowledging that we would be happy anywhere but promoting the Quad and her beloved Cabot House. When I told...
...hockey skate into this mess? Coming out of the 2004-05 lockout, Versus outbid ESPN for rights to hockey games. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman chose cash over the increased exposure any sport gets from ESPN, which is currently in 98 million homes. While the game has gotten better - new rules have increased scoring, and phenoms like Ovechkin and Crosby have given the game new blood - Bettman lost a mainstream audience to which he could market this improved product. So while Ovechkin-Crosby plays out in the wilderness, Bettman should wonder what might have been. (See TIME's picks...
...implicated in the demise of the source of national defense, social security, medical care, public education, veterans benefits, border protection, etc. So, even though they have controlled Congress and/or the Presidency for all but two and a half of the last twenty-eight years, the beast has always gotten his trans fats and, with minor exceptions, the Republicans have been at least as complicit as Democrats in the fact that the perennially maxed-out credit card keeps overtaking whatever credit limits have been put in place...