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Potts 1988

Potts 1988

Erdös number of 4
Paul Erdös[0] → Zsolt Tuza[1] → András Kornai[2] → Geoffrey K. Pullum[3] → Christopher Potts[4]
Chomsky number of 4
Noam Chomsky[0] → Jerrold Katz[1] → Paul Postal[2] → Geoffrey K. Pullum[3] → Christopher Potts[4]
He was a linguist, and therefore he had pushed the bounds of obstinacy well beyond anything that is conceivable to other men.
—Helen DeWitt. 2000. The Last Samurai. New York: Hyperion.
At least for that war (making one wonder about the others) the political leaders were the last to take steps to end the war — "the people" were far ahead.
—Howard Zinn. A People's History of the United States. New York: Perennial Classics (p. 498).
It was the political leaders who propelled the people down that road, and not vice-versa.
—Noel Malcolm. 1998. Kosovo: A Short History. New York University Press (p. xxviii).