Word: einsteins
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Physicists half jokingly call it the TOE--Theory of Everything. The idea is to describe all matter, all energy, all the fundamental forces of nature in one tidy, elegant set of equations. But it's so devilishly difficult that Einstein spent his last years in frustration trying to concoct just a partial solution to the problem...
...once they had transferred them to microfilm. He wrote letters, even sometimes sent the cover subject a gift as an enticement to sign. Among those who took the bait: Pablo Picasso, Joseph R. McCarthy, Herbert Hoover, Charles de Gaulle, Chiang Kai-shek, Andy Warhol, Charlie Chaplin, Clark Gable, Albert Einstein, Joe DiMaggio, Hopalong Cassidy (actor William Boyd) and all four Marx Brothers...
Other Key Players: Ivy Pochoda '98, Ilana Einstein, '99, Brooke Herlihy '99, Leah Ramella '99, Lindsay Wilber '99, Stephanie Teaford...
PHENOMENON (July 3). The morphing is metaphorical here: a regular Joe (Travolta) is zapped with psychic powers and an Einstein IQ. Naturally, he's a freak to be avoided, except by one (Kyra Sedgwick) who loves him. Sounds sappy, but could work: director Jon Turteltaub has fashioned some improbable hits (Cool Runnings, While You Were Sleeping), and Travolta is a perpetual charm machine...
...pleasure of meeting Marilyn and playing a role in her medical care. Not only was she a kind and compassionate woman, but she was also highly intelligent and interested in a wide variety of subjects. One example: she asked about a book I was reading by Albert Einstein, describing his philosophy of life. She borrowed it, read it and thoughtfully discussed it with me. I always liked the real Marilyn Monroe much better than the Hollywood image. SHELDON WOLF Los Angeles