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| THE ECONOMIST 3rd-9th JUNE 1995
The things you drop are obviously getting smaller. Will the next victim be your toenail ? And after that, no victim at all - signifying that manufacturing and services have finally become indistinguishable ? TONY ALLWRIGHT
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THE ECONOMIST 12TH FEBRUARY 2000
SIR—Since Mr Robinson is evidently a geometrically curious fourth line of a triangle**, and the hypotenuse at that, please clarify which of the three esteemed ministers he is lying alongside (no innuendo please), and what are the policies or characteristics of the other two that have resulted in them lying at right angles to each other. Is this all part of New Labour’s joined-up government? TONY
ALLWRIGHT **ref : http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=277390
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| THE ECONOMIST 8th DECEMBER 2000 http://www.economist.com/node/444067 Subject : Rail Safety (in the UK) SIR—The whole concept of ATPS needs to be questioned, since it excludes from the safety loop the most important players—employees. For example, with the driver freed of the necessity to react to red lights since the ATPS will do it for him, it is inevitable that his overall awareness will flag and pave the way for other hazards to emerge. Nothing is easier, flashier and more satisfying than writing a big cheque (using someone else’s money) for a fancy new piece of hardware such as ATPS and declaring the problem solved. However, as you work down the list of other safety features, though things cost less money and are increasingly effective, they require more and continuous management effort and are less glamorous for the bosses. But if you are genuinely passionate about avoiding blood loss, there is no other route to continuous safety improvement. TONY ALLWRIGHT Killiney, Ireland Or, click on the button
THE ECONOMIST 19th DECEMBER 2006 Three letters appeared, with mine - as shown
in red - sandwiched in the middle. My
original letter, before the editor's deletions (as indicated below,
after the letters), covered most of the territory of the other two
letters. Michael
Metcalf SIR – English merchants in Turkey
discovered a most delicious bird to eat and exported it back to England,
where it became very popular, and was known as a “Turkey bird” or simply
a turkey. There are odd names for a turkey in other languages as well,
where the bird always seems to have come from somewhere else. In Turkey
itself it is known as hindi (meaning from India), in Italy
tacchino (peacock) or pollo d'India (India again); in
Arabic it is called an “Ethiopian bird”. Tony Allwright SIR – The
Poles call the same species indyk, perhaps after the French
name for it, dinde (of the Indies). The Portuguese call it
peru. The turkey is a truly global bird and should be used as a
fitting symbol for the next round of World Trade Organisation talks.
Konrad Brodzinski My original letter, showing the editor's deletions
... SIR, -
The letter is based on a blogpost I wrote in October 2004 entitled “Talking Turkey”.
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THE ECONOMIST 14th March 2009
Perhaps the photo was used to illustrate that he is, indeed, falling to his left under the burden of unsustainable social and pork-barrel spending. Alternatively, the “coffin” is no more than an empty polystyrene box designed to deceive Californians into believing he has got firm control of the dead weight the state imposes on its beleaguered taxpayers, and that the budget is as firmly balanced as he is. Either way, it augurs ill for Californians. Tony Allwright |
