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Sources: Government Accountability Office (3); House of Representatives (3); Institute of Medicine (2); Casper Star-Tribune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Jul. 31, 2006 | 7/23/2006 | See Source »

...Otherwise his performance is fakery-free. As the sun Dan orbits, Abbie Cornish carries the same dreaminess she first displayed in Somersault. If she never quite plumbs Candy's depths, that's because she remains in Dan's eyes an ideal. Also directing their gaze is Svengali figure Casper, boldly played by Rush, Armfield's friend and colleague for a quarter of a century. At an early cast screening, "he said every character in this film does a 180-degree turn," Armfield recalls, "and what a great thing that is for all to end up in such a different place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Filming It Sweet | 5/22/2006 | See Source »

...be—Beethoven would die unmarried, and he knew it. So when his brother Casper became terminally ill, Beethoven pursued sole guardianship of Casper’s son Karl, much to the chagrin of the mother, Johanna. The composer drifted toward insanity, accusing Johanna of prostituting herself and convincing himself that Karl was in fact his own son. Johanna eventually hauled Beethoven into court, where witnesses testified about his incompetence as a guardian, and the court exposed his lack of nobility despite the Dutch predicate “van.” The composer was publicly humiliated...

Author: By David Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BookEnds: After Teddy Rex and Reagan, Morris Turns His Pen to Beethoven | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

...tuned to the Western Open, senior golfers who had been completing their own competition in nearby Concord trickled in from the final round. One greeted the other who hailed the next. "Come look at this, the kid's got a chance." The room thickened with old golfers. Billy Casper ambled by. "Billy, Billy, the kid's going to win it." When he did, they shouted for joy, stood there plainly moved for a moment. All of these are only games, but on the bottom line, money is not what moves us. --By Tom Callahan

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Benefits Not in a Contract | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...Shing-Tung Yau, William Casper Graustein Professor of Mathematics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: List of 186 Faculty Signatories | 2/22/2005 | See Source »

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