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...problems with Mismeasure. When he departs from his string of examples and analyses and attempts to philosophize or use high-level technical terminology, the book loses its punch. His statistical sections demand too much from a popular audience and bog down the narrative, especially in his discourses on linear algebra. When he sticks to careful analysis of the I.Q. examiners, he is on much more solid ground...
...final reckoning came on two consecutive days last week when the competitors, in two 4½-hour sessions, grappled with six problems, selected by an international committee only days before the contest to prevent leaks. These tested skills in geometry, number theory and algebra, yet demanded creativity and originality as much as textbook learning. (Sample problem: three congruent circles have a common point O and lie inside a given triangle. Each circle touches a pair of sides of the triangle. Prove that the incenter and the circumcenter of the triangle, and the point O are collinear.)* Though the problems were...
...Shields among her most challenging assignments. Says Smilgis: "It is very difficult to interview a 15-year-old. Most people you interview don't have a mother helping them answer your questions." On the flight to Rome, Smilgis stole some time alone with Brooke as she did her algebra homework. Smilgis, who grew up in Hollywood and majored in political science at Berkeley, finds that the top models have a lot in common with star athletes. Says she: "Very few of them are narcissistic, and most treat their looks as prized tools, much the way a pitcher views pitching...
...that when she moved up from California, her children had to be tutored to catch up to Oregon classmates. But a high school sophomore whose family just came from the Dakotas has a different idea. "Much easier here," he says. "Too many electives. Back home everybody had to take algebra, science and a foreign language." A business executive in town says: "The public high school...
Restoration comedy is famous for its bawdry, but its bounty can be a trifle daunting. It would take a whiz in algebra to resolve all the plot equations in The Recruiting Officer, this season's second repertory offering at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The production reveals grand ambitions and a dearth of acting skills -champagne tastes on a beer income...