Word: depths
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Until last fall, that is, when Penrose brought out the book The Emperor's New Mind, an in-depth discussion of the relationship between artificial intelligence, consciousness and the laws of physics. Despite its complexity and intellectual rigor, the book quickly jumped onto the best-seller list. And just like his friend and sometime collaborator Stephen Hawking, the once obscure Penrose suddenly found himself showered with publicity. The professor was so unaware of how much the book was earning that he asked his editor whether there was enough to cover a few thousand pounds...
...have the envelope, please. And the winner for biggest Broadway success of the year is . . . the box office. During the 1989-90 season, which ended last week, receipts at Broadway's 36 stages reached a record $283 million, up 8% from last year and 48% from the depth of the slump in the mid-'80s. The past season featured the Tony Award-winning musicals City of Angels and Grand Hotel, along with many major stars, including Dustin Hoffman, Kathleen Turner and Tyne Daly...
...neighborhoods do not riot or throw stones. Attacks on Catholics have decreased over the years, and the assassinations are carried out by the men. "We've never been able to mobilize the young the way the Catholics have," explains U.D.F. leader Tommy Lyttle. "There never has been that same depth of feeling. Fighting against something is more attractive than defending...
While there are questions in Washington and elsewhere about Yeltsin's intellectual depth and stability, he is undoubtedly the most popular politician in the Soviet Union. Gorbachev's prestige has been dropping steadily, and his approval rating in the polls has now dipped below 40%. Although Yeltsin remains a communist, he calls himself a social democrat and has emerged as one of the recognized leaders of the country's nascent democratic forces. He won that position by taking on the ruling establishment before it was the fashionable thing to do, denouncing corruption and privilege while demanding the return of political...
Instead, these nine women and men are linked together by the depth of their interests in making sense of--and making a difference in--the worlds in which they live. Theirs is a Harvard in which diversity--of ideas, of interests and of experiences--is respected; a world in which such diversity is cultivated...