Perhaps, Wolf suggests, the two tails of the alleged bell curve are fatter than we thought.

FORBES: Christmas, Kurtosis, Fat Tails, Black Swans And Risk Management, Pt. 2

Christmas season is as good a time as ever to remind you that a probability distribution has two tails.

FORBES: Christmas, Kurtosis, Fat Tails, Black Swans And Risk Management, Pt. 2

Two coins are placed tails up and marked with a white cross.

WSJ: Two-Up, A Game Australians Flip Over, Loses Luster When Legalized

The other two methods rely on specially shaped laser beams - instead of a beam whose intensity peaks at its centre and tails off gradually, the team is investigating two alternatives: solenoid beams and Bessel beams.

BBC: Nasa examines 'tractor beams' for sample gathering

Each evening we had just enough to prepare fresh lobster tidbits as an appetizer before going out to dinner, and we had a feast of two or three broiled-and-buttered tails for each one of us on our last night.

BBC: Lobster diving in the Abacos

For the Wiesenmaier family, sitting around a long, fold-down picnic table, drinking wine from plastic cups and preparing for a clambake of lobster tails and slow-roasted potatoes cooked by two chefs on an enormous outdoor grill, this pristine corner of the US eastern seaboard has tonight been transformed into America's most exclusive restaurant.

BBC: Escape from New York

Having carried marginal candidates into the House on his coat-tails, the president normally sees them swept out again two years later.

ECONOMIST: If in doubt, spend