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...with himself, traits that are clearly reflected in the character of Robert, yet another droll and charming English confidante. He once again steals his scenes from his leading lady, especially in one comical scene where he must retrieve Abbie's key from her ex-boyfriend Kevin. Skeletally, both films overlap in plot line as well. During a scene when Robert and Abbie burst spontaneously into Doug McLean's classic "American Pie" at a funeral, one can't help but compare it to Everett's similarly spontaneous outburst of "I Say A Little Prayer" in the earlier film. In both personas...
Indeed, in highly non-zero-sum games the players' interests overlap entirely. In 1970, when three Apollo 13 astronauts were trying to get their stranded spaceship back to Earth, the outcome would be either equally good for all of them or equally bad. (It was equally good...
...period--are a product of non-zero-sumness. The game theorist Thomas Schelling has noted that in a purely zero-sum game there is no rational reason to communicate. If you see opposing coaches talking before a football game, they are probably talking about some realm where their interests overlap--swapping gossip, maybe, or rescheduling a game to avoid injuries in bad weather. But neither coach has cause to communicate honestly about the game...
There is a stereotype of the average frat guy. And there is a stereotype of the average gay man. In general, these two images do not overlap...
...Noise level rises; exchanges overlap...