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There's nothing wrong with being cut from the herd," frazzled mother Lois tells her son Malcolm, who has just tested--to his chagrin--as a genius. "It makes you the one buffalo that isn't there when the Indians run the rest of them off the cliff." That, or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brainiacs and Maniacs | 1/17/2000 | See Source »

By 1919, after three years of long-distance wrangling, they divorced. He agreed to give her the money from the Nobel Prize he felt sure he would win. Still, they continued to have contact, mostly having to do with their sons. The elder, Hans Albert, would become a distinguished professor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Albert Einstein (1879-1955) | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

To understand Mann's place in the pop universe, imagine, if you would, crossing Kurt Cobain with Emily Dickinson. Their offspring--literate, bitingly introspective, deeply contemptuous of money and fame--would be a lot like Aimee Mann. Because of hard luck and an incurable case of artistic independence, the gifted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Sweet Sound of Magnolia | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

Ben Dreyfus wears a tie-dye shirt, a pony-tail, and has that distinguishable awkward feel to him that only a gifted science student could possess. Most importantly, however, he rocks back and forth with his torso, constantly gyrating when searching for an answer and sometimes even stops the tape...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Throwing a Curve Ball: FM Asks the U.C. Presidential Candidates Questions They Never Expected. | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

If teaching children to read before age five is wrong, when is the proper time? My parents caught me reading your magazine at age three and entered me in the first grade at age four. My early education gave me many valuable experiences. I speak for myself and other gifted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 29, 1999 | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

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