It's not that we were aware the term was coined to describe the crippling melancholia that overcame many 17th-century Swiss soldiers when war took them away from the bucolic mountain landscapes of home.
The concept fell into disrepute when many 20th-century economists realized that the utility derived from one item is not independent of the availability and price of other items; in addition, there are difficulties in the assumption that degrees of utility are measurable.
Experts who know precisely how the government calculates EFCs say there's one overarching reason for this shock: the formula is so outdated--it's loosely based on a family budget from 1967--that 1967--that 1967--that 21st Century famities are astonished when they receive their EFC estimates.
If Mr Santorum can win there, he might also win delegate-rich Ohio on "Super Tuesday" on March 6th, when many states will vote.What explains Mr Santorum's surge?
Not only is this year the 50th anniversary of the Vargas suicide, but the calendar also contains a Friday the 13th, when many people wear white to scare away evil spirits.
Like so many 19th-century ballets, "Esmeralda" survived in Russia when it was forgotten in Western Europe.
We've stampeded ourselves over a cliff into a yearlong primary campaign climaxing next February 5th, when as many as twenty-two states, representing sixty per cent of the nation's population and a like proportion of the two parties' Convention delegates, will hold their primaries all at once.
Cast iron columns were used in many 19th century structures.
Just how many will become clear on May 2nd, when a general election will be held to the Scottish Parliament.
And on the 30th, when I saw so many people in the streets, I was certain about it.
