There are really two charges against CBS: that they were duped, and that the segment itself was an example, to borrow Logan's terms, of misinformation, confusion, and intense partisanship.
For instance, to borrow an example from Hall (2000, see also Hitchcock 2001), suppose that the boulder begins to roll down the hill towards the hiker's head (c), which causes the hiker to duck (d), which in turn causes the hiker to survive (e).
Wonga works out the cost in an instant: for example, £47.68 to borrow £300 for a fortnight.
For example, ask to borrow a pen or read their class notes to see something you missed.
For example, asking to borrow a "rubber" in the U.K. will get you what in the U.S. is called an "eraser", whereas the same request in the U.S. is likely to be interpreted as a slang word for "condom".
The mortgage-interest deduction, for example, encourages Americans to borrow money and buy huge houses.
The ability to deduct interest payments, for example, leads companies to borrow more money than they need.
Swaps can be useful tools, allowing, for example, a European country to borrow cheaply at Japan's low interest rates, while fully hedging its exchange-rate risk.
"Some blooks – the game boards disguised as books, for example – are perhaps trying to borrow from the relative prestige of the book to give idle pastimes great respectability," Festa added.
State Comptroller H. Carl McCall endorsed it, but emphasized that he was less than enthusiastic because it was a prime example of New York continuing to borrow "with no concern for our mounting debt load".
