[Tango-L] *s [was Another Update on the North American Tango Festivals]

[Stephen.P.Brown@dal.frb.org]

Checking the facts reveals that at least one festival with Robin Thomas 
listed as dj doesn't even have a single star.  Maybe it's because the 
three points awarded for securing his services were cancelled out by the 
other djs or teachers at the festival.  I leave it as an exercise to the 
interested reader to find at least one such festival.

By the way, Interpreting the * as a star is itself partisan, making the 
identification strictly postive, rather than descriptive.  If one read the 
* as an asterisk, it might connote an event to avoid!

In baseball, an asterisk is attached to a record that requires an 
explanation.  To taunt Barry Bonds in his recent quest pass Babe Ruth for 
second place on the all-time list of career home runs, fans in opposing 
stadiums held up signs with *s because it had been suggested that his 
steroid-aided home-run record ought to have an asterisk.

With best wishes,
Steve