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Academia (n.) is marked by viscious university politics precisely because the stakes are so small.
Art (n.) is man's expression of his joy in labor.
Barack Obama (n.) is like a chess grandmaster who has played his opening in six simultaneous games. But he hasn’t completed a single game. It would be nice to see him finish one.
Baseball (n.) is the most intellectual game because most of the action goes on only in your head.
The Battle of the sexes (n.) is never going to be won; there's too much fraternizing with the enemy.
Celebrity (n.) is a condition where, when you bore people, they think it's their fault.
The Committee (n.) is a consumer and sometimes a sterilizer of ideas, but rarely a creator of them.
Crisis (n.) is a moment in which the most daring course is often safest.
Diplomacy (n.) is the art of restraining power.
England (n.) is the only European nation that likes war.