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...years ago, unraveling the relationship of mind and brain was beyond the realm of observation and experimentation. But science has finally begun to catch up with philosophy. Using sensitive electrodes inserted deep into the gray matter of test animals, researchers have watched vision as it percolates inward from the eye's retina to the inner brain. Powerful technologies such as magnetic resonance imaging (mri) and positron-emission tomography (PET) have also provided a window on the human brain, letting scientists watch a thought taking place, see the red glow of fear erupting from the structure known as the amygdala...
Director Jerry Zucker's skillful use of camera angles takes full advantage of the richness of color in the costumes and sets. One powerful scene gives a birds-eye view of the Round Table as Arthur and his knights, with synchronized fluidity, lay down their gleaming swords to reaffirm their pact of brotherhood...
These days Stacks is looking forward to hands-on coverage after several years of desk-bound labor. Those of us back at headquarters hope the road won't be too captivating. Stacks is a pleasure to have around, the man who, in a tedious meeting, makes the bull's-eye remark that sets the whole room laughing-and thinking...
Werner Heisenberg's famous uncertainty principle stated that some physical events can never be accurately observed because the scientist's intrusively observing eye changes the event itself. The summer of 1995 may be remembered as the moment when Heisenberg Tourism achieved a sort of global critical mass. A few weeks ago, a monk at St. Katherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai looked gloomily at the tourists and stated the new Heisenberg principle: "They come, and everything changes...
...summer weekends, most films--even the hits--will be seven-day wonders. So it has been, with few exceptions, this season. Crimson Tide gives way to Die Hard with a Vengeance is vaporized by Casper gets eaten by Congo is beaten by Batman Forever gets a poke in the eye from Pocahontas. Hey, it's a jungle out there. One weekend you're the lion king; the next, you're vulture chow...