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  • Interestingly, Ponzi Schemes were called Peter-Paul schemes before Ponzi came along.

    Archive 2006-10-12 patternjuggler 2006

  • Interestingly, Ponzi Schemes were called Peter-Paul schemes before Ponzi came along.

    Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend by Mitchell Zuckoff patternjuggler 2006

  • Indeed a Peter-Paul game is binomial rather than normal leaving Central Limit Theorem aside.

    Gambling Runs « Climate Audit 2005

  • The Makana Trust, founded by the ex-political prisoners committee, owns 80 percent of Radio P4, which would concentrate mainly on adult contemporary and traditional jazz, said Peter-Paul

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • I was in the "Kresty" prison for a short time, then in the Peter-Paul fortress, and finally in the House of Preliminary Detention.

    My Life Trotsky, Leon 1930

  • I left the hermetically sealed cell of solitary confinement in the Peter-Paul fortress with a tinge of regret; it was so quiet there, so eventless, so perfect for intellectual work.

    My Life Trotsky, Leon 1930

  • And there, in the office, we were put through an examination the like of which I had never before experienced, even in the Peter-Paul fortress.

    My Life Trotsky, Leon 1930

  • That they are still in Peter-Paul is only because we have had so much to do….

    Chapter 5. Plunging Ahead 1922

  • Later the newspapers told of another French officer, captured in a yunker armoured car and sent to Peter-Paul.

    Chapter 8. Counter-Revolution 1922

  • The rest, about two hundred, were taken to Peter-Paul under escort, in small groups so as to avoid notice.

    Chapter 8. Counter-Revolution 1922

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