Showing posts with label virtually unique. Show all posts
Showing posts with label virtually unique. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Immersed In Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged



For the last five days I have had no internet access. And that's hard to take. The Wi-Fi here is undependable. But it's FREE and I keep hoping it will get better. My alternatives for a high-speed connection are Cox Cable or Quest, which are far from free.

As always, you get what you pay for.

What to do... what to do...
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On PBS I recently heard a government official say, "...and that is virtually unique." -- Well, I am having trouble visualizing the meaning of that particular combination of words. Unique means 'one of a kind' and I'm not sure how 'virtually' is meant to modify 'unique.'

I am in a quandary.

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Whenever you hear an orator say, "The fact of the matter is.." you can disregard the 'fact' which will follow.