Word: eyeful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mime's Eye, directed by Kevin Grumbach '79-4, explores the possibilities of several different styles. Working with a cast of five mimes, Grumbach developed nine pieces which are accompanied by an original score composed by Robert Kyr, a composer-in-residence and junior fellow at North House. The show uses a variety of corporal techniques, from the pantomime of Marceau to a classic, dramatic piece inspired by the festive tradition of the Italian commedia dell' arte...
Even after the pace of Einstein's career slowed and his resistance to quantum mechanics earned him the scorn of some scientists, he still epitomized science in the public eye. As Carl Sagan notes, his example inspired numerous Depression-era youngsters to choose scientific careers. His persona and pronouncements became legends. Asked why he used one soap for washing as well as shaving, he replied, "Two soaps? That is too complicated." Even when receiving visitors like David Ben-Gurion (who later offered him the presidency of Israel), Einstein often would be tieless and sockless. Recalls Physicist-Biographer Banesh Hoffmann...
...landmark reports in Annalen der Physik during 1905. One paper explained a laboratory curiosity called the photoelectric effect, which occurs when a light beam hits a metallic target and causes it to give off electrons. (This phenomenon makes possible a host of today's electronic gadgetry, ranging from electric-eye devices to TV picture tubes and solar panels for spacecraft.) In this paper Einstein borrowed from a theory by German Physicist Max Planck, who had solved a vexing problem about the radiation of heat and light from hot objects by proposing that this radiant energy is carried off or absorbed...
...solve the problem of getting an unsolicited manuscript published? "Only by the persistence of the author," says Kosinski. Or the persistence of the hoaxer. Next time Ross submits the Polish-born author's novel he might keep an eye on the bestseller list and give the manuscript a more current title. Say, The Complete Book of Steps...
Nell Foreman played with five stitches above her left eye, a reminder of the injury she sustained against Penn Saturday. Foreman also failed to post a win and fell in three straight...