It has some limited use in the United States, most commonly in measuring the displacement of ships, and in trade of elemental sulfur, and was the unit prescribed for warships by the Washington Naval Treaty 1922âfor example battleships were limited to a displacement of 35,000 long tons (36,000 t; 39,000 short tons).
Whether von Trier is a prankster or a visionary is open to debate, but âThe Idiotsâ â which he wrote in four days â is a disturbing, provocative film that at the very least provides further proof he is a true original playing strictly by his own rules.
A useful idiot is someone who, while zealously promoting one cause, ends up advancing a very different one through stupidity, naivete or inattention. The useful idiot never sees the big picture. Vladimir Lenin, the first Soviet dictator, is credited with coining the phrase, although according to P. Boller and J. Georges They Never Said It, hewellmost likely never said it. Not even in Russian. Whatever its origins, the phrase sometimes comes in handy. My first two experiences with radical feminists in academia didnt make much of an impact on me until later. The first was in Fall 1987 at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina.