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TIME, page 21, Sept. 5,' 1927, under "Death of Strachey," says, "Mr. Strachey was, to use an old English expression, 'to the manner born.'"
Soon America got to know Johnny -what did I say!? We to know his mannerisms: the wink, which could be mischievous or genially conspiratorial; the spasmodically shrugging shoulders, a la Bogart (one of Carson's favorite and most frequent guests, Don Rickles, said the other night, "I thought he was...
And yet how frail. The most famous reaction to disaster is that poignant cry from a radio reporter sent to cover the landing of the airship Hindenburg in New Jersey in 1937. Suddenly it goes up in flames. Bodies burn and fall pitiably. "Oh, the humanity!" Everyone has heard the...
Hu's approach has been felt most keenly in the realm of public discourse. In recent years, China's media have wooed readers with expos?s of corruption in officialdom, while websites have buzzed with debates on sensitive topics like police brutality and the need for free expression. But since Hu...
At the present time there are many theories as to why fewer women than men succeed in math and science, and until we can determine the effects of prejudice, socialization and innate biological differences on this distribution, it is important that we continue scientific research in this area. But in...