Investing Code Names

Chiun: Sinanju (Pressure. Nerve ends)

Le Chiffre

Ghibli Nausicaä: Valley of the Wind

Hamartia: a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero

Elucidate: make (something) clear; explain

Sycophant: a person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage. Example: because he is high-ranking, he's surrounded by sycophants

Lazeretto = quarantine

Vassal, a medieval term to describe a person under the protection of a feudal lord

Kremlin means "fortress inside a city".

Croissant: quâssòń

Latibulatet (17th century): to hide in a corner in an attempt to escape reality.

1729; Hardy and Ramanujan - taxi cabSmallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways

Sophistry; the use of clever but false arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving.

Reprobate: rogue, rascal, unprincipled, scoundrel villain, good for nothing

The word eudaemonia comes from Aristotle and refers to a state of enlightenment derived from a life lived in accordance with reason.

Hana-Basara edition, term of respect afforded to samurai commanders

Hobonichi means "Almost Everyday"

Cato had a tutor named Sarpedon. Stoic philosopher Athenodorus Cordylion. Cicero studied Stoicism under Posidonius and later Diodotus. Thrasea, Demetrius the Cynic, Epictetus studied under Musonius Rufus, Marcus Aurelius studied Epictetus and Quintus Junius Rusticus a teacher said “to read attentively—not to be satisfied with ‘just getting the gist of it.’

Hydra: a creature with many heads that grew again when cut off

Diotimus (literary fraud, mean spirited), Epicurus (embody theory), Seneca (different in practice than theory), Marcus Aurelius (true and honest)

Glaviny Vrag, the Main (KGB) Enemy

Directorate S; managed illegals program

Vympel; KGB special forces unit

Irascible: easily angered

Acrimony: bitterness

Chaos Cabal

Malingerer: shirker, slacker, idler, layabout, skiver

Sangfroid