Reading Rand’s Atlas Shrugged provided Kyle Duford the inspiration he needed to return to university after dropping out. (Harrison Smith)
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The world according to Ayn Rand
Many people have been called selfish as an insult by either their parents or their friends at some point in their lives, but for some, the notion of selfishness might be taking on a new meaning.
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Word Nerd
The English language is constantly changing and acquiring new vocabulary. So many of the words we use on a regular basis, such as Internet, d’oh!, google, jiggy, scientology and nerd, were unheard of a mere 60 or 70 years ago. For some of these words, their entrance into common parlance is easily traced. “D’oh!” for example, comes to us directly from Homer Simpson of The Simpson’s TV show. Some words, such as “Internet,” were created to describe new technological developments. Others were coined by individuals and have been, for one reason or another, adopted by society at large, such as “scientology” and “Google.”
