10/02/2007:Regular Post

<=* Stymied=Obstructed =>Spank=To Slap on the buttocks with a flat object or with the open hand, as for punishment.
<=*nuance=A subtle or slight degree of difference, as in meaning, feeling, or tone; a gradation. =>homespun=Woven at home
=>quivers=To shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement
=>stew·ard =One who manages another's property, finances, or other affairs.
=>Fear mongering = is the use of fear to leverage the opinions and actions of others towards some end. The object of fear is exaggerated; those the fear is directed toward are kept aware of it on a constant basis.
=>prion=A microscopic protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid, thought to be the infectious agent responsible for scrapie and certain other degenerative diseases of the nervous system.
=>myriad=Constituting a very large, indefinite number; innumerable: the myriad fish in the ocean.
=>outrage=An act of extreme violence or viciousness
=>hazard=A chance of being injured or harmed; danger: Space travel is full of hazards.
=>toddler=One who toddles, especially a young child learning to walk.
=>cribs=A bed with high sides for a young child or baby.
=>snicker=A snide, slightly stifled laugh.
=>cres·cen·do =A gradual increase, especially in the volume or intensity of sound in a passage.
=>scavange=To search through for salvageable material: scavenged the garbage cans for food scraps.
o·gre n. =>A giant or monster in legends and fairy tales that eats humans.

=>rabidly=Raging; uncontrollable: rabid thirst.
<=* Spank=To hit on buttock as a punishment. =>e·lu·sive adj. =Tending to elude capture, perception, comprehension, or memory: “an invisible cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist [himself]”
=>loitering =is an intransitive verb meaning to stand idly, to stop numerous times, or to delay and procrastinate.
=>conun·drum = A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun. A paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem;

=>tantalizing =Enticingly in sight, yet often out of reach: mouthwatering.

<=*mayhem=A state of violent disorder or riotous confusion; havoc

=>ascension =The act or process of ascending; ascent.

=>marquee =A large tent, often with open sides, used chiefly for outdoor entertainment.

=>candid =Free from prejudice; impartial.

=>rattle=To make or emit a quick succession of short percussive sounds.

=>in·trigue =A secret or underhand scheme; a plot.

=>remnants=

<=*gleaned=to collect bit by bit.

=>namesake=One that is named after another.

=>Zeitgeist = The spirit of the time; the taste and outlook characteristic of a period or generation: “It's easy to see how a student . . . in the 1940's could imbibe such notions. The Zeitgeist encouraged Philosopher-Kings”

=> surmised = To infer (something) without sufficiently conclusive evidence.

=>bohemian=A person with artistic or literary interests who disregards conventional standards of behavior.
Straight from Freakonomics:
"Risk = hazard + outrage. For the CEO with the bad hamburger meat, Sandman engages in “outrage reduction”; for the environmentalists, it’s “outrage increase.”"

"So why is a swimming pool less frightening than a gun? The thought of a child
being shot through the chest with a neighbor’s gun is gruesome, dramatic,
horrifying—in a word, outrageous. Swimming pools do not inspire outrage. This
is due in part to the familiarity factor. Just as most people spend more time in
cars than in airplanes, most of us have a lot more experience swimming in pools
than shooting guns."


"A woman who doesn’t have her first child until she is at least thirty is likely to
see that child do well in school. This mother tends to be a woman who wanted to
get some advanced education or develop traction in her career. She is also likely
to want a child more than a teenage mother wants a child. This doesn’t mean that
an older first-time mother is necessarily a better mother, but she has put
herself—and her children—in a more advantageous position."


Lesson for Freako: Its the indiviual capability which matters a lot in deciding whether he will make progress or not, in most of the cases. People afraid less from the things which they know well.

So Finally today I have finished "Freakonomics", Indeed a great book. To know how things work really we should divert ourselves from conventional way and should go to the Freko way.