Psych-verbs are a relatively well-studied phenomenon in theoretical linguistics (Belleti and Rizzi (1988), Grimshaw (1990), etc.), but one for which as yet no truly satisfactory analysis has been developed. This paper seeks to provide a new perspective on the semantics of psych-verbs by bringing ideas based on Asher and Pustejovsky (2000) into the discussion, namely, that the concept of rhetori...

We show that James tree space JT can be renormed to be Lipschitz separated. It negatively answers the question of J. Borwein, J. Giles and J. Vanderwerff whether every Lipschitz separated Banach space is an Asplund space.

The death of Colonel Paul Bush, which occurred on the 7th October, at the age of 73, deprived Bristol of a publicspirited citizen, and the medical profession of a popular and distinguished member. Throughout his life he devoted a great deal of time and energy to public services and to the promotion of various organizations apart from his hospital or private practice, and it was characteristic o...

Proposed reforms of Japan’s electricity supply industry are quite modest by international standards. In particular, while the retail market has been the focus of reform efforts, the wholesale market has been largely ignored. Most of the gains from reforming electricity supply in other countries have arisen, however, from exploiting technological changes that have allowed wholesale markets to be...

On Saturday, September 19th, local citizens, historians, Civil War enthusiasts, and the rare college student alike converged at the LancasterHistory.org Campus of History for the second day of the President James Buchanan National Symposium. The theme for the symposium was "The Worlds of Thaddeus Stevens and James Buchanan: Race, Gender, and Politics in the Civil War Era," thus it featured the ...

As the July presidential election nears, analysts and investors are growing more vocal about whether Mexico might once again be rocked by a major economic crisis, as has been the case at the close of each six-year presidential term since 1976. According to Goldman Sachs, the probability of Mexico facing a currency crisis in the near future has increased by one-third during the past two months. ...