And, most sobering, Mr. Mamet writes in "The Secret Knowledge, " there are no perfect solutions to inequality, only trade-offs.
The red soles offer the pleasure of secret knowledge to their wearer, and that of serendipity to their beholder.
Like modern Gnostics relishing in some secret knowledge that surpasses the received wisdom of the ages, intellectuals proclaim the way forward.
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All of this, of course, was done in secret and without the knowledge of the online community to which Sabu was an iconic figure, Anonymous.
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She wondered if her knowledge of munitions and secret weapons projects from her time in Austria could help somehow.
Using their extensive knowledge of top-secret Soviet research projects during the cold war, they tried to find those with commercial potential.
Moreover, it says Chu and his clients worked hard to keep his communications secret, a so-called badge of knowledge that prosecutors can use to try and prove guilty intent.
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"Neither the office of the attorney general nor the comptroller's office, agencies with knowledge of the settlement agreement and the secret payout, raised any objection to inclusion of such a confidentiality clause, " the report stated.
In 1945, the defection of Igor Gouzenko, a code clerk at the Soviet embassy in Ottawa, and Elizabeth Bently, an American courier between the spies and the Soviets, plus the knowledge that at least some of their secret cables had been decoded, led to an almost total shut-down of the espionage apparatus in the United States.
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They have been given access to secret data and capabilities on the promise not to reveal such knowledge without authorization.
Sources with knowledge of the investigation have told CNN that the Secret Service agent at the center of the scandal is Arthur Huntington.
Mixers and syrups were made in secret by these two men, and the drink recipes did not allow knowledge of the true ingredients.
They say the company's ex-CEO and ex-finance chief used a secret slush fund of stock options to lure new executives and reward favored employees without the knowledge of the board of directors.
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