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a quorum of ten men (or in some synagogues, men and women) over the age of 13 required for traditional Jewish public worship

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No meeting could start without the minyan of Elliot Schrage and David Fischer

—p.4 by Antonio Garcia Martinez
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No meeting could start without the minyan of Elliot Schrage and David Fischer

—p.4 by Antonio Garcia Martinez
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7 years, 5 months ago

(from Yiddish) look on and offer unwelcome advice, especially at a card game OR to chat, gossip, or make small talk

30

we kibitzed about the various internal dramas

—p.30 by Antonio Garcia Martinez
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we kibitzed about the various internal dramas

—p.30 by Antonio Garcia Martinez
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7 years, 5 months ago

(in ancient Greece or Rome) a great public sacrifice, originally of a hundred oxen OR an extensive loss of life for some cause

42

a hecatomb of human effort sacrificed at the false altar of Murthy's ego

—p.42 by Antonio Garcia Martinez
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a hecatomb of human effort sacrificed at the false altar of Murthy's ego

—p.42 by Antonio Garcia Martinez
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7 years, 5 months ago

a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly (plural: encomia). as the adjective encomiastic, means bestowing praise, eulogistic, laudatory

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PG's one-line encomium of RTM was as absolute as it was brief

—p.61 by Antonio Garcia Martinez
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7 years, 5 months ago

PG's one-line encomium of RTM was as absolute as it was brief

—p.61 by Antonio Garcia Martinez
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7 years, 5 months ago

(informal) a large group of people or things of indeterminate number; a pack

155

a passel of Silicon Valley acquisitions

—p.155 by Antonio Garcia Martinez
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a passel of Silicon Valley acquisitions

—p.155 by Antonio Garcia Martinez
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(verb) to speak or write verbosely and windily

179

often in the form of ponderous blog posts or a bookshelf of bound B-school-level bloviation

—p.179 by Antonio Garcia Martinez
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often in the form of ponderous blog posts or a bookshelf of bound B-school-level bloviation

—p.179 by Antonio Garcia Martinez
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(noun) showy or unnecessary ornament in architecture, dress, or language

194

diplomatic frippery and double-dealing

—p.194 by Antonio Garcia Martinez
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7 years, 5 months ago

diplomatic frippery and double-dealing

—p.194 by Antonio Garcia Martinez
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7 years, 5 months ago

(noun, Italian for light and dark) an oil painting technique developed during the Renaissance that uses strong tonal contrasts between light and dark to model three-dimensional forms

196

Given the moral chiaroscuro we're entering

—p.196 by Antonio Garcia Martinez
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Given the moral chiaroscuro we're entering

—p.196 by Antonio Garcia Martinez
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7 years, 5 months ago

the upper part of the nave, choir, and transepts of a large church, containing a series of windows

209

Clerestory windows set into the nave's back and side

—p.209 by Antonio Garcia Martinez
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7 years, 5 months ago

Clerestory windows set into the nave's back and side

—p.209 by Antonio Garcia Martinez
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7 years, 5 months ago

(in the former Soviet Union) a comrade (often used as a form of address)

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Welcome to our new collectivism, tovarish.

—p.215 by Antonio Garcia Martinez
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7 years, 5 months ago

Welcome to our new collectivism, tovarish.

—p.215 by Antonio Garcia Martinez
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7 years, 5 months ago

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