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  1. Oct 24, 2014 #921
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    Aah, but Bulgakov wrote in Russian, so credit for the euphony lies with the translator. If you are looking for lapidary writing in English from the heart of Russia, then you had better find that other 'kov', Nabo. Simply breathtaking!
     
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  3. Oct 26, 2014 #923
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    This homework is best attended to forthwith.waitingsmiley
    Note that S is adding years to your life with said homework. A lesser S(hahryar) might simply chop off heads for such lapses.
    Well, economize and save Greer for someday-maybe – historically ‘important’ in some sense, but reading her is celebrity tourism (which is fine by me mind you), but you can certainly die happy in spite of not having read her.
    So, what's the sole entry filed under 'hipster'? Enquiring minds wanna know.
     
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  4. Oct 26, 2014 #924
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    No, we're talking about the same thing, just using different examples.
    "Funes the Memorious" is a famous story by Borges.
     
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  5. Nov 7, 2014 #925
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    I've been pressed for time lately. Will try to post a puzzle a week for those still playing. :)

    Here's one I put together in a hurry,

    His colorful life was rivaled only by his outrageous death. He once staked his life on an equation, and grew quite the nose for celestial matters.

    tt.jpg

    The lettering on the truck says 'Scania'.
     
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    If I am right, his four-legged friend seems no less colorful.
     
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  7. Nov 12, 2014 #927
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    Answer to 'Scania' puzzle-

    Tycho Brahe was a Danish astronomer born in Scania, now in Sweden; one of the last great astronomers to make his observations without a telescope. He was the first to observe supernovae and question the Aristotelian belief of a fixed celestial layout. He also questioned the geocentric Copernican system, and proposed his own Tychoan system. However his greatest contribution was his meticulous collection of empirical observations upon which he based his theories. It was these carefully compiled observations that helped Kepler, who happened to be his apprentice, discover the elliptical orbits of the planets and devise the laws of planetary motion.

    Uncharacteristic of his scientific credentials, Brahe led a flamboyant life akin to those of celebrities today. He once fought a duel with a fellow student over an equation and an accusation of cheating, and lost his nose in the fight. He supposedly wore a brass nose prosthetic for the rest of his life. It is said that he owned a pet elk that got drunk one night, and died after falling down a flight of stairs. Brahe himself died from a burst bladder (leading to uermia) after he refused to leave a gathering to relieve himself as it was against convention to leave a banquet before the host.

    More on his very interesting life here - Tycho Brahe
     
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    Everyone OK I hope. I love this thread. keep talking.
     
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    Sorry for grabbing the thread in between, Could someone please explain the meaning of "Uthopian Dream" with a context.

    Thanks in advance.
     
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    This question belongs in the 'English Matters' section.

    "Uthopia" is not a word. You may be thinking of 'Utopian Dream'.

    The word 'utopia' is a 16th century neologism coined by Thomas Moore.

    'Utopia' is derived from the Greek. 'Topos' = place.
    The prefixes may be derived from either 'Eu' = real, true or 'Ou' = not.
    So 'Utopia' in its English spelling can mean either 'No Place' or 'The True (or 'Real') Place' ('Outopia' or 'Eutopia'). Moore intended both meanings. He used the word to describe an imaginary, 'ideal' land.

    In general, the word is used to denote a highly desirable place that is unachievable in reality.

    Usage:

    (1) War will always be with us. To imagine that we could ever get rid of it is a utopian dream.

    (2) A classless society is a utopian dream. Left alone, people will sort themselves into some kind of a hierarchy.

    (3) To think that technology will save us from ecological disaster is a utopian dream. We must act now to build a sustainable economy.

    (4) In trying to usher in a Marxist utopia, Stalin and Mao perpetrated untold horrors killing millions.
     
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