In this thriller, Randall Drew is sent to Moscow to investigate threats against a royally-connected candidate for the Moscow Olympic Games. His brief is vague, the opposition invisible and the stakes appallingly high.
Vague words, like "tall," "rich," and "old," lack clear boundaries of application: no clear line divides the tall people from the above average, or the old people from the middle-aged. Because they lack clear boundaries, these ordinary words cause logical and semantic problems in various disciplines including philosophy, decision theory, and the law. Philosophers and linguists have proposed several theories of vagueness to handle these difficulties, but none has been widely accepted.
96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire (2d edition)
LanguageL English
Pages: 273
Every harried interviewer knows the result of throwing out vague questions to potential employees: vague answers and potentially disastrous hiring decisions. Presented in a handy question-and-answer format, "96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire " provides readers with the tools they need to elicit honest and complete information from job candidates, plus helpful hints on interpreting the responses.
In this thriller, Randall Drew is sent to Moscow to investigate threats against a royally-connected candidate for the Moscow Olympic Games. His brief is vague, the opposition invisible and the stakes appallingly high.
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Vocabulary Building Workbook 1
This series of four workbooks has been specially designed to provide secondary students with a sound understanding of English vocabulary and ample practice in its use. Workbook 1 focuses on the use of such common words as good, fair, fine and nice which either are rather vague in meaning or tend to be overused. The book contains 25 units, plus 8 review exercises.
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