Help from the radio!

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understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.

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An extract from my Journal dated Saturday 24th March 2007: 'Stratford today "The Merchant of Venice". In the Swan by an American Company. Modern - smart suits, bad haircuts, Apple ibooks for the caskets. It worked very well. Shylock played by a famous person whose name just now escapes me. He was very good - very subtle - his downfall was shocking! Antonio - in love with Bassanio, but in a way hard to be sympathetic because he played it very anti-semitic. I rang Lesley sitting in the car before driving home as she had left a couple of messages. Sean left for Tenerife on Friday so that was all the calls. I spoke ......... The man on the radio has just said F.Murray Abraham, that was who played Shylock, he got an Oscar, playing Salieri in "Amadeus". ........ to Sean on Thursday night...' etc. The rather matter of fact insertion does not betray my total surprise and delight at getting this help with a name just when I needed it. Edwina
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