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What a tribute to Billy Graham by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy [Aug 20]. I enjoyed the article immensely--to the point that I had to go over it a second time. I have always thought of Graham as one of the most outstanding and gifted spiritual leaders in the...
The Power and the Spirit What a tribute to Billy Graham by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy [Aug 20]. I enjoyed the article immensely - to the point that I had to go over it a second time. I have always thought of Graham as one of the most outstanding and...
Simon Rattle, one of Dudamel's mentors, has called him "the most astonishingly gifted conductor I have ever come across." Daniel Barenboim and Claudio Abbado lavish similar praise on him - a virtual anointing by the three giants of European conducting. Deutsche Grammophon has given Dudamel a record deal, and, between...
But there is something to be said for being left to one's own devices and learning to cope in difficult surroundings. Einstein is a good example: it's a myth that Einstein failed math, but he hated his Munich school, the Luitpold Gymnasium. Like many other gifted kids, he...
That's not to say the best approach is a cold Dickensian bed. But Einstein's experience does suggest a middle course between moving to Reno for an élite new school and striking out alone at age 15. Currently, gifted programs too often admit marginal, hardworking kids and then...