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...Physicists” will prove an extraordinary challenge not only because it is his first Main Stage show, but also because of its content. The action takes place in an insane asylum and features the likes of Einstein, Newton and Mobius...
Beyond the emotional turmoil, there was a physical burden. Sigmond, a former director of the Albert Einstein Medical Center, owned a three-bedroom apartment that housed more than 80 cartons of books and stacks of professional papers. Downsizing to a smaller place meant days of sifting, sorting and lugging--more than he was willing to handle. So he didn't. Instead he called on moving solutions in Wynnewood, Pa., a senior-move management company, one of the latest specialty support services for older adults...
...Klein's essay vividly illustrated Einstein's famous saying that imagination is more important than knowledge. Rice's performance before the 9/11 commission showed her to be smart but ultimately not a big thinker. Even more appalling is Bush's claim that he would have done something if he had known exactly when and where al-Qaeda would strike. The statement makes plain the Administration's failure to appreciate that the mishandling of the threat from al-Qaeda was not a failure of intelligence but a failure of imagination. Michael H. Weiss Marina...
...business. In his book Hollywood Economics, economist Arthur De Vany analyzed 2,015 movies to determine what succeeds and what fails. The answer, best summarized by screenwriter William Goldman, is that "nobody knows anything." What De Vany did learn is that moviegoers behave according to the principles of Bose-Einstein condensation--a fancy way of saying they are more likely to go to a movie if they receive an "authentic signal" that other people have enjoyed it. Before a movie opens, studios can generate inauthentic signals by securing a star and advertising heavily, creating the impression of a phenomenon. This...
Klein's Essay illustrated Einstein's famous saying that imagination is more important than knowledge. Bush claimed that he would have done something if he had known exactly when and where al-Qaeda would strike. The statement makes plain the Administration's failure to appreciate that the mishandling of the threat from al-Qaeda was not a failure of intelligence but a failure of imagination. MICHAEL H. WEISS Marina del Rey, Calif...