Word: albertism
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...haven for dropouts.) But the Prince dregs up what it can of Apple's time on campus, spent almost exclusively in the Prince building. The obit recounts how Apple's aggressive chops got him—and the Prince—a world exclusive on the death of Albert Einstein. Kindly, the Prince reprints that article and an image of the front page. (That's quite an exclamation point in the banner headline: "EINSTEIN DIES...
DIED. Edward Albert, 55, actor best known for his sensitive, moving portrayal of a young blind man struggling to break free of his protective mother in the 1972 film Butterflies Are Free; of lung cancer; in Los Angeles. Like his father, actor Eddie Albert, the younger Albert--who appeared in more than 100 films (Guarding Tess, Midway) and TV shows (Falcon Crest)--spent much of his time working to preserve the environment and Native American culture, serving on numerous boards, including the California Coastal Commission...
...drank with the Sydney Push, a group of young swells that included future writers Germaine Greer and Clive James. "I would sport a black beret," he recounts, "and wear a black duffel coat over a black turtleneck sweater, which would render me indistinguishable, I thought, from leading existentialists like Albert Camus." One day the magazine's editor fired the art critic, pointed at Hughes and yelled, "You're the cartoonist. You ought to know something about art. Good. Well, now you're the f__ing art critic." Hughes, in fact, knew little, and the subject was difficult to master...
...Having a basic understanding of Albert Einstein's work with light waves, physics and quantum mechanics, I find it difficult to believe that we really can tell the distance light has traveled when we perceive it. I don't believe in the Big Bang any more than I buy the parting of the Red Sea. The supposed noise from the Big Bang could just be noise from everyday creation and destruction occurring in the universe. Unfortunately, a lot of science and religion has evolved into fantasies that provide grandiose explanations for questions that might never be answered. Richard Thomas Rowlett...
...serious as the size of our solar system brought a smile to my face. His Essay was a wonderfully simple explanation of the problem surrounding Pluto's definition as the ninth planet, as well as a warning of the dangers of overthinking that and other, less important issues. Albert Aukema Pretoria, South Africa...