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When Wittgenstein returned to philosophy in 1929, it was with the message that the rigorous methods of pure logic could get no grip on the problems of philosophy: "We have got on to slippery ice where there is no friction and so in a certain sense the conditions are ideal, but also, just because of that, we are unable to walk. We want to walk: so we need friction. Back to the rough ground!" Where before he had favored explicit logical rules, now he spoke of language games, governed by tacit mutual understanding, and he proposed to replace the sharp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN: Philosopher | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

...attacks, President Clinton promised the nation that no American ground troops would be sent into Yugoslavia, although it seems doubtful that much can be accomplished from the air. Whether Milosevic will be deterred from his grip on Kosovo remains to be seen; it seems inevitable, however, that Milosevic will never voluntarily withdraw troops from the bitterly disputed territory that, while 70 percent ethnic Albanian, is claimed as the historical and spiritual heartland of the Serb...

Author: By Simon J. Dedeo, | Title: War Comes to Kosovo | 3/26/1999 | See Source »

Fierce competition from the "Big Two" has prompted Hawaiian Tropic to "introduce a new fresh look with elegant, easy-grip packages." Guaranteed to turn heads beach...

Author: By R.d. Ma, | Title: greased lightning | 3/25/1999 | See Source »

...wasn't exactly a display of super strength. The "grip," generated by four polymer strips designed to bend in response to electrical charges, was barely noticeable. But that force is more than enough for the individual strips to wipe dust from the windshield of a palm-size rover that NASA and the Japanese space agency isas will use to explore an asteroid in 2003. "Clearing dust may not seem like a big deal," says Yoseph Bar-Cohen, a physicist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, who created the muscles. But using old-fashioned gears and motors, he says, would make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NASA Builds Muscles | 3/22/1999 | See Source »

Grasping both handles of the keg, lock your wrists perfectly straight. You may want to put chalk on your hands for extra grip. Kick your legs up over your head, using a spotter or spotters if necessary...

Author: By Richard D. Ma, ALICE N. LEWIS | Title: HOW TO: DO A KEGSTAND | 3/18/1999 | See Source »

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