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This is the way people in the 1700s would speak whenproposing a duel or battle between two people.Recall the lessons of Adam Smith, father of modern economics.“To recall” something is to remember it.“In competition, individual ambition serves the common good.”“Ambition” is the desire to achieve a goal. This was Adam’s Smith wayof saying the capitalist system worked well for society as a whole eventhough individuals only try to help themselves.And those who strike out are stuck with their friends.“To strike out” is to fail doing something(To strike out in baseball is to fail to hit the ball).10You can lead a blond to water but you can’t make her drink.The original expression is “You can lead a horse to water…”He may have the upper hand now, but wait until he opens his mouth.If a person has “the upper hand,” they have thecompetitive advantage against others.Adam Smith needs revision .A “revision” is a change or modification of a writing or idea.They will all give us the cold shoulderbecause nobody likes to be second choice.To give a person “the cold shoulder” is to coldly rejecttheir social, romantic or sexual advances or proposals.That’s the only way we all get laid.To “get laid” is a slangy and very common way of sayingto have sex, usually with a person you are not married to.If this is some way for you to get the blond on your own, you can go to hell.“Go to hell” is a crude but softer insult than “fuck you.”You do realize that this flies in the face of 150 years of economic theory?If a scientific theory “flies in the face” of another one,it completely contradicts or goes against the other one.That’s rather presumptuous, don’t you think?A good word which means to presume too much, often in a arrogantor overly confident way, or to overstep appropriate boundariesMr.
Nash, with a breakthrough of this magnitude,I’m confident you will get any placement you like.A “breakthrough” is a major advance in science, and“magnitude” is another word for size, strength or intensity.Sol and Bender are extraordinary mathematicians.A very useful adjective meaning exceptional, or perhaps substantiallybetter or more distinguished than almost everyone else.Has it occurred to you that Sol and Bender might have plans of their own?If something “occurs to you,” it means that you suddenlythink of it, without others bringing it to your attention.OK, awkward moment, gentlemen.Another useful word meaning socially uncomfortable or embarrassing.11John joins the government in the fight against Soviet terror,and begins his troubled life as a professor at MIT.General, the analyst from Wheeler Labs is here.An “analyst” is a researcher, scientist or person whostudies or analyzes complicated data or information.We’ve been intercepting radio transmissions from Moscow.“To intercept” a message is to secretly get access to it in order to listen toit or read it.
“Radio transmissions” are messages sent through the air.The computer can’t detect it, but I’m sure it’s a code.“To detect” something is to see, recognize or understand it.We’ve developed several ciphers, if you’dlike to review our preliminary data.A “cipher” is a type of secret code. “Preliminary” means initial or first,and “data” refers to any kind of statistics or countable information.These are longitudes and latitudes.The first is the distance West or East from Greenwich, England,and the second is the distance North or South of the equator.They appear to be routing orders across the border into the US.“To rout” an object is to send it to a particular destination.Gentlemen, we need to move on this.“To move on” something is to take action on it.Who’s big brother ?An expression from the book “1984” that refers to a government agentthat spies on people to make sure that they are following orders.Captain Rogers will escort you to the unrestricted area, doctor.“To escort” a person is to accompany them, often to provide protectionor company.
If an area is “unrestricted,” anybody is allowed to go there.Home run at the Pentagon? :: Have they actuallytaken the word “classified ” out of the dictionary?A “home run” is a term from baseball that means the hitting of a ballout of the ballpark, but it more generally means a great success. Notethat “actually” often means, as here, truly. If something is “classified,”it’s kept secret from all except a very few people who need to know.12Our hearts go out to you, John.One way of expressing sympathy to someoneafter something very bad has happened to them.We just got our latest scintillating assignment.If something is “scintillating,” it is extremely interestingor intellectually stimulating or lively.
An “assignment”is a particular project, task or job.The Russians have the H-bomb , the nazis are repatriatingSouth America, the Chinese have a standing army of 2.8 million…The “H-bomb” is a hydrogen bomb, which is a powerful nuclearweapon. “To repatriate” an area is to fill it with people.…. and I’m doing stress tests on a dam.A “stress test” is designed to see how much pressure a building can takebefore it’s damaged. A “dam” is a giant structure for holding water.So not only do they rob me of the Fields Medal, they put me on thecover of Fortune Magazine with these hacks , these scholars of trivia …The Fields medal is a very prestigious prize awarded for work in math.A “hack” is a writer who claims to be doing serious work, but isonly writing for commercial success.
A “scholar” is a seriousresearcher, and “trivia” refers to unimportant facts or details.Come on, you know the drill. You get these beautiful facilities and MIT getsAmerica’s great minds of today teaching America’s great minds of tomorrow.In this case, “the drill” is the routine things that a person is expected todo over and over. A “facility” is a building that is used for a specialpurpose, such as a hospital or school.The eager young minds of tomorrow.If a person is “eager,” they have impatient desire or interest.You may complete your assignments at your whim.To do something “at your whim” is to do it whenever you want(A person’s whim is a sudden or unplanned desire).I was wondering if there was any way you couldwork some place else for about 45 minutes.This is an excellent way to gently ask a person something that mightbe awkward or embarrassing (including to ask someone on a date).For others among you, it will take you the term of your natural lives.A formal way of saying “as long as you live.”13Impressive work at the Pentagon.
:: Yes, it was.If something is “impressive,” it has the power to make a lastingimpression, or to excite or attract. “The Pentagon” is the huge fivesided building that houses the US military headquarters.We incinerated 150,000 people in a heartbeat.“To incinerate” something is to burn it to ashes.Great deeds come at great cost.A “deed” is a formal word for an action that is done.Conviction , it turns out, is the luxury of those on the sidelines.Here, “conviction” is strong belief in a principle or idea.
The“sidelines” refers to the side of a field where players stand and watchthe game. This is Parcher’s way of saying those who are directlyinvolved in war cannot always be true to their beliefs.I like to think it’s because I’m a lone wolf.A person who likes to be alone.There are certain endeavors where your lack of personalconnections would be considered an advantage.An “endeavor” is a serious or determined effort to accomplishsomething. A “lack of” something is a shortage or absence of it.We were told during our initial meeting thatthese warehouses were abandoned.A “warehouse” is a large building, often used for storing lots of stuff.If a building is “abandoned,” it is no longer occupied by people.I’m increasing your security clearance to top secret .
Disclosureof secure information can result in imprisonment. Get it ?A “security clearance” is official approval to see secret documents that agovernment or organization wants kept secret. If something is “topsecret,” it can only be seen by an extremely few people. “Disclosure”is the act of revealing something secret or unknown to others. “Get it?”is a very common way of asking a person if they understand.A faction of the Red Army….has control of thebomb, and intends to detonate it on US soil.A “faction” is a small part or group from a bigger whole.The “Red Army” refers to the army of the old Soviet Union.“To detonate” a bomb is to explode it, and “soil” is anotherword for ground or territory.14The plan is to incur maximum civilian casualties.“To incur” is a formal word meaning to cause, or bring downon oneself. “Civilian casualties” are deaths among people whoare not part of the military.Man is capable of as much atrocity as he has imagination.An atrocity is anything that is extremely cruel or brutal.New Freedom has sleeper agents here in the US.“Sleeper agents” are spies or terrorists who quietly live in a countryand blend in with the population, but who may eventually strikeviolently (“New Freedom” is the name of a Soviet spy military group).McCarthy is an idiot, but unfortunately, that doesn’t make him wrong.Joseph McCarthy was a famous anti-Communist Senator ofthe 1950s.
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