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"The Bet" (Russian: "Пари", romanized: Pari) is an 1889 short story by Anton Chekhov about a banker and a young lawyer who make a bet with each other following a conversation about whether the death penalty is better or worse than life in prison. The banker wagers that the lawyer cannot remain in solitary confinement voluntarily for a ...
The Beetle (or The Beetle: A Mystery) is an 1897 fin de siècle horror novel by British writer Richard Marsh, in which a shape-shifting ancient Egyptian entity seeks revenge on a British member of Parliament.
In fact, according to decision theory, the only value that matters in the above matrix is the +∞ (infinitely positive). Any matrix of the following type (where f 1, f 2, and f 3 are all negative or finite positive numbers) results in (B) as being the only rational decision. [4]
The Betrothed (Italian: I promessi sposi Italian: [i proˈmessi ˈspɔːzi]) is an Italian historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, first published in 1827, in three volumes, and significantly revised and rewritten until the definitive version published between 1840 and 1842.
The Gambler (Russian: Игрокъ, romanized: Igrok; modern spelling Игрок) is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general.
Understanding that Simon wanted to bet again, Ehrlich and climatologist Stephen Schneider counter-offered, challenging Simon to bet on 15 current trends, betting $1,000 that each will get worse (as in the previous wager) over a ten-year future period. [3] The bets were: The three years 2002–2004 will, on average, be warmer than 1992–1994.
How to Eat Fried Worms is a children's book written by Thomas Rockwell, first published in 1973.The novel's plot involves a boy eating worms as part of a bet.It has been the frequent target of censors and appears on the American Library Association's list of most commonly challenged books in the United States of 1990–2000 at number 96. [1]
"Taste" is a short story by Roald Dahl that was first published in the December 8 1951 edition of The New Yorker [1] and was included in the 1953 collection Someone Like You. Plot summary [ edit ]