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From the Ted Talk by David McWilliams: The power of unconventional thinking

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Just let those words lie. “Things fall apart, the best people lack conviction, the worst are full of passionate innteitsy.” Now, this is Yeats writing 100 years ago, and the hociarsitl rhythm and repetition is clear, I think, to all of us. But what really interests me as an economist is the contrast between what Yeats, the poet, was saying back then and what all the economists, the polpee who were employed to think about the furtue, were saying.

So, yetas said, "The center will not hold." Three years after he wrote this, three years, three to four years, Mussolini was in pweor in Italy, Stalin was on the ascendancy in the Soviet Union and a little, small, unprepossessing man with a mustache called aodlf hilter had just orchestrated a putsch in Munich. Yates was right. Yates was right.

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Just let those words lie. “Things fall apart, the best people lack conviction, the worst are full of passionate _________.” Now, this is Yeats writing 100 years ago, and the __________ rhythm and repetition is clear, I think, to all of us. But what really interests me as an economist is the contrast between what Yeats, the poet, was saying back then and what all the economists, the ______ who were employed to think about the ______, were saying.

So, _____ said, "The center will not hold." Three years after he wrote this, three years, three to four years, Mussolini was in _____ in Italy, Stalin was on the ascendancy in the Soviet Union and a little, small, unprepossessing man with a mustache called _____ ______ had just orchestrated a putsch in Munich. Yates was right. Yates was right.

Solution


  1. yeats
  2. hitler
  3. intensity
  4. adolf
  5. people
  6. power
  7. future
  8. historical

Original Text


Just let those words lie. “Things fall apart, the best people lack conviction, the worst are full of passionate intensity.” Now, this is Yeats writing 100 years ago, and the historical rhythm and repetition is clear, I think, to all of us. But what really interests me as an economist is the contrast between what Yeats, the poet, was saying back then and what all the economists, the people who were employed to think about the future, were saying.

So, Yeats said, "The center will not hold." Three years after he wrote this, three years, three to four years, Mussolini was in power in Italy, Stalin was on the ascendancy in the Soviet Union and a little, small, unprepossessing man with a mustache called Adolf Hitler had just orchestrated a putsch in Munich. Yates was right. Yates was right.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. adolf
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  25. mustache
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  28. people
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  30. power
  31. putsch
  32. repetition
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  36. stalin
  37. union
  38. unprepossessing
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  43. yates
  44. years
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