• Mardi Gras is classed at 394.25 (Carnival) in the Dewey Decimal Classification system. Lent may be found at 263.92, while the pancakes many indulge in on Fat Tuesday are classed at 641.815 (Bread and bread-like foods).
• It's still winter for part of the world, and if the season leaves you inclined toward slow cooking, works about cooking with a slow cooker are classed in 641.5884 (Electric slow cooking).
• Recent talk by economists on the state of not just the U.S., but the global economy, too, leaves many chilled as the R-word is bandied about. Resources on recession are classed in 338.542 (for business cycles, which include not just prosperity, but recession and depression as well).

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