Plans C, D and E; E-Risk; Snooze/Lose

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PLANS C, D AND E

   From the WALL STREET JURNAL EUROPE, 11 October 2000, pg. 1, col. 1 headline:

_"Sometimes There's Plan C, D and E"_

   I don't know what Fred Shapiro has, but the thing goes like this:

PLAN--never "Plan A" or "Plan One."
PLAN B--follows the "plan."  Never "plan two."
PLANS C, D and E--Follow-ups to Plan B.  Never "plans three, four, and five."  Never "plan C" alone.  Usually not past plan E.

   The article also has: "Normally, it would be a simple 'fishing job'..."  ("Fishing job"="piece of cake.")

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E-RISK

   From the FINANCIAL TIMES, 11 October 2000, "Bombs soar as the rockets fall to earth," Investment Watch by Barry Riley, pg. 29, col. 4:

   Deutsche Asset Mangement, in London, responded by devising its own measure of "e-Risk"...
("e-Risk" is used again.  Why not "E-Risk" or "E-risk" or "e-risk"--ed.)
   (Col. 6 continuation--ed.)
   Standard Life's research has shown there are two kinds of regular deviation: too much bunching in the middle of the distribution, and at the same time too many outlying cases (the famous "fat tails").  The latter became much more numerous than usual last winter, and Standard Life has dubbed them "rockets" and "bombs".  The number of rockets, or stocks which soared in price, hit peaks in both the UK and US markets in the first quarter this year, but has since subsided.

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GRAY/GREY MARKET

   Louise Kehoe's Column, "In San Francisco/Eagle Eye," FINANCIAL TIMES, 11 October 2000, pg. 15, col. 5, has:

   Online retailers selling "grey-market" goods, which are outside distribution agreements, are a lot more difficult to track down than bricks-and-mortar stores.

   Why wouldn't the FT use "gray" market?

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SNOOZE/LOSE

   Someone on this tour claims that "If you snooze, you lose" is from Dallas, Texas, and was coined by Tom Parsons.