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...information in the world, we may never realize what is known. Will we end up discovering things that other people have already discovered but we just didn't know? If things were like this when Thomas Edison was around, we might have had to tell him that the light bulb had already been invented and perhaps he should sit in on one of those "Learning how to use Hollis" sessions...if he could stay focused long enough...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Farewell to the Attention Span | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

...what you're not supposed to think about" (the penises of Alex del Flavio's art) and "How did gay people get to America?" (as flight attendants), both Maffin and Hart give strong renditions of what are essentially stereotyped parts. Strutting, proclaiming, writhing in what he calls his "flash bulb therapy," Maffin does a good imitation of an attention-starved, shock-happy artist slowly coming to terms with the hypocrisy of selling out. But by the play's end, Hart's consistently contrarian Nan Bemiss wins the audience's attention away from the flashier, impetuous artist with her more grown...

Author: By Sarah C. Dry, | Title: Rudnick Turns Politics Into Farce | 5/17/1996 | See Source »

...staffing cuts that have eliminated 2,000 controller positions since 1982, even as air traffic has soared 35%. Says Gus Guerra, a California controller: "It's almost as though they're waiting for a midair collision where we lose hundreds of lives before they finally see the big light bulb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OUT-OF-CONTROL TOWER | 2/19/1996 | See Source »

Coleman, while attempting to replace an outdoor light bulb on her back porch, had slipped and fallen head-first into the snow drift, where she remained for several hours before losing consciousness, according to Foley...

Author: By C.r. Mcfadden, | Title: Dog Saves Woman Trapped By Snow | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

...mysterious Planet X (now considered very unlikely to exist), and then, as powerful instruments like the 200-in. Hale telescope came online, around other stars as well. But picking out a planet against the glare of a star is like trying to spot a 100-watt light bulb next to a 100-billion-watt searchlight. Astronomers find it much easier to look for the subtle influence a planet might have on its parent star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEARCHING FOR OTHER WORLDS | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

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