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Christmas gifts and the Diderot effect

Don Arthur
December 23, 2004
The trouble began when Denis Diderot received a new dressing gown as a gift from a friend. It was far more luxurious than his old...
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Quotes of 2004

Scott Wickstein
December 23, 2004
Tim Blair has put together some of the quotes of 2004. The year's nearly over. But the Currency Lad is writing some fine stuff as...

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