Archives for: "April 2010"
График
American business can't exist without charts. We make pie-charts and bar charts as if presenting data in charts somehow makes the data true. (The most amusing idea is that an idea is somehow scientific because it is presented in a chart.) That, of… more »
Загар
With approaching summer and rising temperatures, all the thick layers of warm clothing will soon be coming off. Along with them, the naked truth will come out: what these few cold sunless months have done to your skin. That is what some lucky people… more »
Класс (часть четвёртая)
The word класс can also be used in the sense of social classes социальные классы. These phrases were ubiquitous in Russian during the Soviet period because communist ideology framed its arguments in terms of social class. Among the classes defined by… more »
Класс (часть третья)
The word класс can mean class in the sense of first class accomodations, second class seats, etc: В Нью-Йорк мы летели во втором классе. We flew to New York second class На самолёте в первом классе на ужин подавали оленину. In first class they served… more »
