“... called Tim Beauchamp: ‘The links on this page are a mishmash of eclectic destinations that may be of interest to you. Actually, they may only be of interest to Tim but what the heck. It is his site!’) Lesser men might have considered that a bad omen, but Larry and Sergey are not bad-omen kind of guys. Just over ...”

“... evil, full of deadly poison.’ Dabhoiwala points out that the saying ‘while sticks and stones may break my bones, words can never hurt me’ is first recorded only in 1862, but the contrary sentiment, ‘the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones,’ is found in the Book of Ecclesiastes. The dangers to individuals and to society were considered so great ...”

“... Churchill made in 1947-48. In a speech to a United Europe Meeting at the Albert Hall on 14 May 1947 (not mentioned by Young), Churchill asked: Are we Europeans to become incapable, with all our tropical and colonial dependencies, with all our long-created trading connections, with all that modern production and transportation can do, of even averting ...”

“... their mock at our accursed lot.If we must die, o let us nobly die,So that our precious blood may not be shedIn vain; then even the monsters we defyShall be constrained to honour us though dead!O kinsmen! we must meet the common foe!Though far outnumbered let us show us brave,And for their thousand blows deal one death-blow!What though before us lies the ...”

“... part of the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme, and thus are part of a microcosm of what may become a worldwide carbon market. One doesn’t usually think of universities as big carbon dioxide emitters, but the capacity at two of Edinburgh’s three highly efficient combined heat and power centres pushes them over the 20 megawatt threshold of ...”

“... as it was for Beckett. All of his fictional protagonists are humbled and defeated; and while this may be arraigned as unduly pessimistic, it was not the view of the world they taught at Eton. Besides, as Hitchens himself has insisted (ironically enough in light of his own recent changes of political heart), Orwell really did remain on the Left, despite his ...”

“... the ketchup factory that the residents of Rainbow Centre can’t ignore during the summer months may seem an expressionist touch, but it corresponds to the conditions of life in Bowling Green, the town on which Purdy based it.Again Snyder hails the bravery involved: ‘The topic of same-sex love and desire was edgy for a novel published nine years before the ...”

“... and hit ‘return’. Almost instantaneously, a list of links will appear. To find them, you may have to scroll past a bit of clutter – ads and, these days, an ‘AI Overview’ – but even if your query is obscure, and mine often are, it’s nevertheless quite likely that one of the links on your screen will take you to what you’re looking ...”

“... of Master and Slave’. Kojève​ wrapped up his lectures in the summer of 1939, but any plans he may have had were dashed by the outbreak of war. He was called up in December and undertook military training until his unit was dissolved the following May. After the fall of France, he spent a year in occupied Paris, working ...”

“... a reason to look up, but as a bother to be removed? What harm can I do? I peck at your trash and may help carry it off; I exemplify the proactive, practically motivated hubbub and bustle that you claim to want in the young. I am visible but not heard: distracted and nearly self- sufficient introverts, I and mine never meant any trouble. We hide our eggs; we ...”

“... the room is full of objects, lamps are burning here and there, who knows what hour of the night it may be? Her hair blows slowly. Yet through the very failure of its representation, Thing In Itself might be inscribed within phenomena. She lifts a piece of paper, puts it down. Kant noted a rustling aside of sensible barriers. Her unquiet drifts in ...”

“... Puzzle with no answer forthcoming tonight From the large cast of stars and galaxies In what may be called a prodigious Expenditure of time, money and talent. ‘Let’s get the fuck out of here,’ I said Just as her upraised eyes grew moist And she confided to me, much too loudly, ‘I have never seen anything so beautiful.’ My Turn to Confess A dog ...”

“... bees who have barbed legs to clean their antennae. Basted in oil and sweat, we think our health may be all the claws and antennae we ...”

“... competitive and technologically innovative as any European country. The politicians in Washington may be know-nothings, but the country’s major research universities are still the best, attracting talent from all over the world. Besides, ‘the rise of the rest is a consequence of American ideas and actions.’ It follows that countries such as ...”

“... a lot more. It’s fortunate therefore that hedge funds don’t need a lot of space. Two rooms may be enough: one for meetings, for example with potential investors; one for trading and doing the associated bookkeeping. Some funds consist of only four or five people. Even a fairly large fund can operate with twenty or fewer. These small organisations ...”