What is an aphorism?

 

Fritz Haber

What can you tell me about Fritz Haber, the man the song is about?

 

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Lest we forget

 

This is the book I'm reading at the moment and I think it would be a good idea to add it to the C2.2 Reading List.

It's easy to read and also thought-provoking. Some chapters take place in 1929 aproximately in a Ukraine invaded by Stalin's minions. The other half takes place in 2004 in the USA where a young widow is trying to discover her Ukranian grandmother's  past secrets before she descends into the downward spiral of Alzheimer's.

Fear of flying

Great-aunt Bessie loved to visit her nieces and nephews, seems she had relatives all over the country. Problem was that no matter how much she enjoyed seeing them, she hated flying. No matter how safe people told her it was, she was always worried that someone would have a bomb on the plane.

She read the books about how safe it was, and listened to the stewardess demonstrate all the safety features. But she still worried herself silly every time a visit was coming up.

Finally, the family decided that maybe if she saw the statistics she'd be convinced. So they sent her to a friend of the family who was an actuary. "Tell me," she said suspiciously, "what are the chances that someone will have a bomb on a plane?"

The actuary looked through his tables and said, "A very small chance. Maybe one in five hundred thousand."

She nodded, then thought for a moment. "So what are the odds of two people having a bomb on the same plane?"

Again he went through his tables. "Extremely remote," he said. "About one in a billion."

Aunt Bessie nodded and left his office. And from that day on, every time she flew, she took a bomb with her.

Questions

1. What did Great Aunt Bessie love?

2. Where did her relatives live?

3. What did she hate?

4. What did she read?

5. What did the familly decide?

6. Where did they send her?

7. What was the first question she asked him?

8. And the second?

9. What does she do whenever she flies now?