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April 25, 2007
The Black Swan>>The Wall Street Journal | Shattering the Bell Curve Life isn't fair. Many of the most coveted spoils -- wealth, fame, links on the Web -- are concentrated among the few. If such a distribution doesn't sound like the familiar bell-shaped curve, you're right.
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Life isn't fair. Many of the most coveted spoils -- wealth, fame, links on the Web -- are concentrated among the few. If such a distribution doesn't sound like the familiar bell-shaped curve, you're right.
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In "Last Harvest" he tells the story of New Daleville, a subdivision in rural Chester County, Pa., 30 miles west of Philadelphia. It makes for an improbably compelling narrative, from the subdivision's earliest beginnings as a twinkle in a developer's eye