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A good thesis requires an extraordinary amount of blood, sweat and tears. But it is not the only path to distinction. Before steeling yourself to its chains, make sure your enthusiasm reflects a will to commit to weeks where you will focus on nothing but esoteric puzzles that will surely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Real March Madness | 4/3/1996 | See Source »

DIED. WALTER SULLIVAN, 78, science journalist; in Riverside, Connecticut. Sullivan made the esoteric less so in such books as the Antarctic-themed Quest for a Continent and We Are Not Alone, an account of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Apr. 1, 1996 | 4/1/1996 | See Source »

Between 1990 and 1992, Womack used a knife and his hands to mutilate hundreds of rare books--including many written in esoteric languages and others related to early Christianity, sagas and organic chemistry--in the Harvard and Northeastern University libraries.

Author: By Mari M. Calder, | Title: Verdict Nearing In 'Slasher' Trial | 2/28/1996 | See Source »

That is especially true now that Gates has snagged one of the country's most influential sociologists--the University of Chicago's William Julius Wilson, who will be a professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and in Harvard's department of Afro-American studies. That means "Afro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BLACK BRAIN TRUST | 2/26/1996 | See Source »

No one disputes that managed care has at last put the brakes on medical spending, or that it has proved an effective vehicle for rationing health care, a profoundly sensitive subject in a culture raised on the notion that even the most expensive and esoteric treatments should be available to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEDICAL CARE: THE SOUL OF AN HMO | 1/22/1996 | See Source »

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