"Each country has its own peculiarities," he says carefully.
"My point here," Zuckerman writes, "isn't to elucidate all the peculiarities of my social network (indeed, analysing these diagrams is a bit like analysing your dreams – fascinating to you, but off-putting to everyone else).
He rattled through the stories of Turing's peculiarities – burying his silver bullion and then forgetting where; chaining his mug to his radiator; cycling in his gas mask to ward off hay fever.
The government claims that last year's elections, when Fidesz gained slightly over 50% of the vote (but owing to the peculiarities of the electoral system many more parliamentary seats), was a "revolution at the ballot box" which legitimised a new "system of national co-operation".
But those who knew him when he played for Manchester City and Liverpool are sure that the peculiarities of wartime football diminished rather than exaggerated his stature as a player.
Some 10% of potential caucus-goers claim that they have not made up their minds and another 40% say that they are open to shifting allegiance.The Iowa caucuses are one of the great peculiarities of American politics: a source of pride to Iowans and puzzlement to much of the rest of the country.
And because equity analysts rightly consider software firms a risky investment, such firms must grow quickly to justify their relatively high share prices, pushing them to sell more programs than customers need.All this explains several peculiarities of the software business.
Mr Lee's "meritocracy" promises a solution.But four peculiarities of Singapore make it look like an anomaly.
The Alito-for-O'Connor swap may mean it passes.Three peculiarities make America's debate over abortion different from those in other western democracies.
Letting the bottom line talk The Himalayas of hiring ReprintsCocoa production is difficult to mechanise and the peculiarities of Côte d'Ivoire mean it will be hard to ramp up activity quickly.
The British Accounting Standards Board has stepped in as peacemaker, proposing adoption of the rule with a review in a year and a half.Kuwait and other countries in the Middle East, too, are said to be adopting IFRS with certain peculiarities.
