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...from which most of the town's fish were caught. Scores, perhaps hundreds of people subsequently died and thousands developed crippling illnesses, including paralysis and severe psychological problems. Children were born with deformities, the images of their arched, agonized bodies a perpetual reminder of the black underside of the 20th century's industrial triumphalism. That tragedy, Pressman points out, was the product of 27 tons of mercury over 40 years. "Imagine what these amounts could do in Manado...
...PERRY COMO was one of the musical treasures of the 20th century?a star who illuminated several generations. And he was my friend. Without him, there would have been no Vic Damone the singer...
What happened next is no laughing matter. Ibrahim may have made a mistake in suggesting that President Hosni Mubarak, marking his 20th year in power, might also fancy having a son as his successor. Soon after the article appeared last June, police paid Ibrahim a midnight visit and hauled him away for 42 days in detention without charge. Hinting he'd be booked for spying, the authorities accused him of illegally receiving and misusing funds, planning to bribe officials and tarnishing the reputation of Egypt. This week Ibrahim, 62, wraps up his defense in a six-month trial...
Galison, who this past semester taught History of Science 120, “History and Philosophy of Modern Physics” and Physics 121, “History and Philosophy of 20th-Century Physics,” said he finds teaching a particularly rewarding part...
...professes great admiration for King, and argues that underneath it all, both American Tabloid and The Cold Six Thousand are "deeply moral books. If you show there was a nexus of racism in America which led to the death of arguably the greatest American of the 20th century, Martin Luther King, you are expositing racism on the page. And literature is the explanation of reality through incident...