Language tips and road dangers from Gus Schrader
Gus Schrader’s column offers travel language quirks from across the world with humorous port of call anecdotes. It notes multilingual needs while abroad and cites UN road data showing the United States ranks 25th in road safety with 1.1 deaths per 100 million km and Egypt leading injuries.
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University of Virginia study finds lies are common
Psychology researchers Bella DePaulo and Deborah Kashy analyzed 147 subjects from the University of Virginia and Charlottesville. They tracked 1 500 plus lies across a week showing undergraduates lie in about one third of interactions and locals in one fifth, with most lies self centered.
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Byrd Pole Flight Goer Debated By Former Physics Professor
Baltimore based critic Dennis Rawlins questions Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett's 1926 North Pole flight, suggesting they turned back 150 miles short. Rawlins cites a disputed diary and erased sextant reading, while peer review is pending.
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