A line from the “Globalization” chapter of my little brother’s macro-econ textbook and a mnemonic for Elizabeth Taylor’s seven husbands: Conrad Hilton, Michael Wilding, Michael Todd, Eddie Fisher, Richard Burton (twice), John Warner, Larry Fortensky.
Non-Essential Mnemonics
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In this space, writer Kent Woodyard shares all the mnemonics
you’ll never really need to remember.
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“China helps manufacture ‘warfare management technology.’ Everything from robot bombs to Japanese wedding lights (i.e. fireworks).”
BY Kent Woodyard
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