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...however, strongly support Hume's greatness on the ground that the force of his personality definitely affected the age in which he lived. It is not a question of the cart before the horse in either case, merely the old problem of which came first, the chicken or the egg. In any case, there is much to be said on both sides...
SONG is playing a chicken-and-egg game. Do Nerds become Nerds because of social ostracization, or do they suffer ostracization because of their nerdiness. SONG would claim the latter. A Nerd, as they tacitly define it (they never do so explicitly, preferring to keep membership wide open) is a lover of knowledge who suffers socially because...
Liberals labeled the Ryzhkov proposals a "defeat for perestroika and a victory for central planning." Radical economist Gavril Popov dismissed the new Five-Year Plan as a return to "administrative socialism." Noting that the plan even sets goals for egg production, he quipped, "It's time for the comrades in charge to leave our laying hen in peace so she can provide us with enough eggs by her own efforts...
...currency-control laws to get his savings out of the country; a multinational corporation that seeks to "minimize" its tax burden by dumping its profits in tax-free havens; a South African investor who wants to avoid economic sanctions; an East German Communist leader who stashed a personal nest egg in Swiss bank accounts; or even the CIA and KGB when they need to finance espionage or covert activities overseas...
...More Mr. Clean: Heading into the weekend, junior Mike Vukonich had two noticeable stats: 11 points, which put him in second place on the team scoring list, and a big goose egg in the penalty-minutes column. With all the time Harvard's been spending in the hot box lately, Vukonich's good behavior stuck out--at least enough for Harvard Assistant Sports Information Director Julie Rice to make mention of his good behavior in the weekend game notes...