A Better Name for 11
Mike Pesca admits his beef with the number that comes after 10.
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How real is the possibility of a terrorist strike in America this week? Today on The Gist, RAND’s Colin Clarke explains where terror cells are grown. We also speak with Plus Magazine editor Rachel Thomas and Marianne Freiberger about their book Numericon: A Journey Through The Hidden Lives of Numbers. For the Spiel, the teaming masses of Buddhist extremists who are bent on murdering civilians. Do they exist, or are they just a useful argument?
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