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Oxymoron…Combining Contradictory Words in a Phrase…so is ‘Happily Married’ an Oxymoron!?

An Oxymoron is usually defined as “A phrase in which two words with contradictory meaning are brought together” For Example Clearly misunderstood  Exact Estimate  Small Crowd  Act Naturally  Found Missing  Fully Empty   Pretty ugly Seriously funny Only choice  Original copies Bittersweet And .. how about this .. ‘Happily Married!’

Demagogue…..Secular and Democratic India is plagued with many such Political Leaders

A Demagogue is a Political Leader who appeals to people’s desires and prejudices rather than using reasoned arguments Our Secular and Democratic country is plagued with many of them….. They forget that with Freedom comes Responsibility… their Cause and their Vested Interests guide their Thought, Speech, Deed and Actions… many warm the Centre and State Legislature Bodies …

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Ernest Hemingway was a ‘Dilettante’ KGB Spy !…I could have gone down that route too !

‘Dilettante’…an Interesting Noun…Oxford Dictionary meaning is ‘ a person who dabbles in a subject for enjoyment’ and is pronounced ‘di-li-tan-tay’ A New Book,‘Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America’  by John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr reveals that famous author,Ernest Hemingway was a ‘dilettante spy’ for awhile.This revelation is based on the notes of Alexander Vassiliev,a …

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‘Boodling’…What a Word for Counterfeiting !…and yes it’s an American Term !

Came across an American Term called ‘Boodling’ this morning while scanning one of the Investment newsletters that flood my email daily ‘BOODLING’ was a term used for ‘counterfeiting’ the Dollar In 1865,there were thousands of Banks in USA…all went bust…. 1600 of them actually printed their own Dollar Currency,which in theory was backed by Gold …

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Jai Ho ! Tata….Rs One Lakh People’s Car…. NANO Car Booking Announced

Jai Ho ! Tatas ! The eagerly awaited booking for the Tata NANO Car…the Rs One Lakh Car…The People’s car…has just been announced this late afternoon…..Booking opens on April 9,2009 and will close on April 25,2009 You can access their website for more details Ratan Tata appeared greatly relieved at the Press Conference….gave several light hearted comments…on …

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CDOs are Banks ‘Egregious Concoctions’

Bill Gross,the legendary Bond Investor labelled Collaterised Debt Obligations or CDOs as Bank’s ‘Egregious Concoctions’ ‘Egregious’ is an adjective that means ‘Outstandingly Bad’ The CDOs and the Credit Default Swaps or CDSs are the Devils that are will devastatingly demonize the Financial World in 2009…Outstandings at over US $ 650 Trillion….yes Trillion !….are over Ten …

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