Blythe Masters

In bypassing barriers between different classes, maturities, rating categories, debt seniority levels and so on, credit derivatives are creating enormous opportunities to exploit and profit from associated discontinuities in the pricing of credit risk.

American Businesswoman

Janet Malcolm

Biographies never feel as real as the best fiction. There is such a discontinuity between the narrative and the material it comes from, which is always such a mixed bag of letters, recollections, and other data.

American Writer

Gregory Bateson

Numbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurate because there is a discontinuity between each integer and the next.

British Scientist

Paul Hirsch

The sound is the key; audiences will accept visual discontinuity much more easily than they'll accept jumps in the sound. If the track makes sense, you can do almost anything visually.

German Politician

Michael Hayden

It's good to remind intelligence producers and consumers alike about the need to 'warn of emerging conditions, trends, threats and opportunities' and the potential for discontinuities.

American Public Servant

Ernest Lawrence

Certainly, it may bring to light such a deeper knowledge of the structure of matter as to constitute a veritable discontinuity in the progress of science.

American Scientist

Lenny Abrahamson

I'm interested in discontinuities and interruptions, people having to rewrite the narrative of their lives because of sudden changes.

Irish Director

Zbigniew Brzezinski

The future is inherently full of discontinuities, and lessons of the past must be applied with enormous caution.

American Politician

Nolan Bushnell

I try to get a vision of the future, and then I try to figure out where the discontinuities are.

American Businessman

Mary Catherine Bateson

Fluidity and discontinuity are central to the reality in which we live.

Use 'discontinuity' to describe an unexpected pause in something that was previously consistent.

Unexpected Halt

'Discontinuity' doesn't always imply something negative; it can simply indicate a change.

Not Always Negative

In math, 'discontinuity' helps identify points where equations or graphs are undefined.

Math Concept

Use 'discontinuity' in academic or formal contexts, especially when discussing mathematics or statistics.

Academic Term

'Discontinuity' in physical materials often suggests problems, such as defects or damage.

Technical Issues

'Discontinuity' requires careful analysis in technical fields to assess the extent of an issue.

Detect Carefully

In storytelling, 'discontinuity' refers to sudden shifts that can confuse the audience.

Narrative Jumps

'Discontinuity' in film or writing can be an intentional technique to challenge the audience.

Artistic Choice

 the world something that actually transforms us from one generation to a next something we can't go back for it can be a policy a decision think of the kinds of things that are radical leaps they cause discontinuities in the way

Want interstellar...

 no longer do the poor and vulnerable need to be threatened by infectious diseases or indeed anybody instead of having vacuous meals massively fatal discontinuity of life we can ensure the continuity of life what the world needs

HIV and flu -- the...

 The answer to this question is on your calendar. Who are you spending time with? On what topics? Where are you traveling? What are you reading? And then how are you distilling this into understanding potential discontinuities,

Discontinuity

Unexpected Halt

Not Always Negative

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