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Let me put up this next memo¹.

You want me to read this?

Yes please.

All generalizations² are false, including this one. 

There it is.

Rumsfeld’s to buy Watergate with reputation intact.

Possible vice³ presidential running mate with President Ford⁴.

Questions about Rumsfeld or whether he is too ambitious playing second fiddle⁵ to Reagan.

___________1_____________and criticized and said, oh my goodness, ________2_______ and we need to understand how we got to where we are. Who do we want to provide leadership in the world, somebody else?

When Shakespeare wrote history, __________3_________, jealousies⁶, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Maybe Shakespeare got it wrong.

Maybe he had it right.

Governor Reagan decided⁷ to have George Bush to be Vice President.

It seems to me if that decision had gone a slightly different way, you would have been future President to the United States.

That’s possible.

How do you think that they got away with 9/11?

It seems amazing in retrospect⁸.

Everything seems amazing in retrospect.

Stuff happens. Free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things. They’re also free to live their lives and do wonderful things.

You have to pick and choose. Well, to the extent you pick and choose and you’re wrong, the penalty can be enormous.

Subject unknown knowns. That is to say things that you think you know that it turns out you did not.

1 memo   

n.照会，备忘录；便笺；通知书；规章

参考例句：

• Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？
• Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？

2 generalizations   

一般化( generalization的名词复数 )； 普通化； 归纳； 概论

参考例句：

• But Pearlson cautions that the findings are simply generalizations. 但是波尔森提醒人们，这些发现是简单的综合资料。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 大脑与疾病
• They were of great service in correcting my jejune generalizations. 他们纠正了我不成熟的泛泛之论，帮了我大忙。

3 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

4 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

5 fiddle   

n.小提琴；vi.拉提琴；不停拨弄，乱动

参考例句：

• She plays the fiddle well.她小提琴拉得好。
• Don't fiddle with the typewriter.不要摆弄那架打字机了。

6 jealousies   

n.妒忌( jealousy的名词复数 )；妒羡

参考例句：

• They were divided by mutual suspicion and jealousies. 他们因为相互猜疑嫉妒而不和。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• I am tired of all these jealousies and quarrels. 我厌恶这些妒忌和吵架的语言。 来自辞典例句

7 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

8 retrospect   

n.回顾，追溯；v.回顾，回想，追溯

参考例句：

• One's school life seems happier in retrospect than in reality.学校生活回忆起来显得比实际上要快乐。
• In retrospect,it's easy to see why we were wrong.回顾过去就很容易明白我们的错处了。