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...where it's at. Although I would still love to have the late Keith Moon's talent on the skins, all of the true greats in rock-and-roll history have been lead guitarists. Just think of: Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Lou Reed, Albert King, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy. They have more talent in their respective pinky toenails than the Backstreet Boys would have if they multiplied their talent by a quadrillion. Yup. Multiplying zero by any positive integer still yields zero...
...many of the key figures in the study of the humanities (Francis James Child and Albert Lord, for example) helped to found Harvard's Folk and Myth department. Folk and Myth might not directly help a student get into a good medical school, but it fosters an appreciation of other cultures and their influence on the development of Western civilization. And it might even add something to the quest for knowledge for knowledge's sake...
...Says social studies concentrator Albert H. Cho '02, "labor economics [at Harvard] is taught as though labor is a commodity. We're talking about commodifing humans...
...Albert Einstein's contribution was more than a mere scientific discovery; it was a major leap forward in understanding." MARINUS J. WIJNBEEK Amersfoort, the Netherlands...
Your choice of Albert Einstein was brilliantly appropriate on many levels [PERSON OF THE CENTURY, Dec. 31]. By recognizing Einstein as a surrogate for the contributions of science and technology and by recognizing his humanism and faults, you found in one person the important balance that we seek. Beyond acknowledging him for the implications of his famous equation E=mc2, one should credit Einstein with realizing there are peaceful uses of the atom for energy and medical-diagnostic, therapeutic, industrial and environmental applications. You have given those of us who work in this field hope that society will take...