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Re: for your amusement: Xanadu paper topics



> Words as Shelling Points for Meaning

Hmm.  When I first saw this I ignorantly guessed that "shelling points" were
the locations you aimed artillery at.  I wasn't quite sure what this made
the title mean, but at least it sounded interesting.  Then MarkM cites:

   > Thomas C. Schelling, "The Strategy of Conflict" ...

>From this I deduce that in his field Schelling is a big gun.
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