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From there we move to the lesson itself. In a send-up of the theoretical bent of academia, lonesco presents his pupil as stunningly brilliant in philosophy and theory, yet unable to grasp the concept of subtraction. In a hilarious scene, the professor grapples with all kinds of examples--matches, fingers, ears and noses--to demonstrate the idea of "taking away," as the student merrily proclaims that two minus one is in fact two by the principles of logic...
Perhaps no one will find a single strategic concept or a template to fit all situations. "I think it's very unlikely," says Powell. "I think that as these situations arise they will be dealt with on an ad hoc basis and in the politics of the time." That means the government will have to argue each case on its own merits, as it must for Bosnian intervention...
...Ralph Lauren, life-style enhancement doesn't stop with aftershave or sheets. The designer has teamed with Sony to release a new concept in accessories: designer CDs. The Black Tie Collection, Songs Across America, the Classical Collection and Holiday are all compilations of tunes one might hear in a Ralph Lauren store, where the CDs will be sold at $15 a pop. Next year brings Polo Sport, an assortment of "sophisticated workout music." Alas, we're not joking...
...themselves. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke, the leader of the talks, last week pushed an American proposal to make Sarajevo a separate "federal city" outside the territory of either faction and under international control. A U.S. diplomatic source says Milosevic has agreed to the "federal-city concept in principle," but Bosnian Foreign Minister Muhamed Sacirbey has threatened to walk out of the talks rather than accept any division of the capital. The Bosnians have even hired Richard Perle, a top Reagan Administration official, to be in Dayton as a consultant...
...nearby Princeton University, first began thinking about space telescopes nearly half a century ago. In 1945, just after World War II, a friend approached the young Spitzer asking for help. The Air Force had commissioned a study to look into how Earth-orbiting satellites--still a purely theoretical concept at that point--might be scientifically useful. Would Spitzer be interested in giving an astronomer's perspective? He instantly saw the potential of turning the satellites' gaze away from Earth toward deep space. "I wrote an appendix to the report," he recalls. It was titled "Astronomical Advantages of an Extra-Terrestrial...