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...your best thinking when your feet hurt. That's true even for geniuses. On a crisp fall morning back in 1952, Peter Hulit was tending to business at his shoe store on Nassau Street--the venerable main drag of Princeton, N.J.--when he got an emergency call. Helen Dukas, Albert Einstein's secretary-housekeeper, was on the line. Could Hulit come to the physicist's home? "Dr. Einstein's shoes are hurting him," Dukas said. Recalls Hulit: "I'd never made a house call before or since. But this was Einstein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Einstein's Feet | 4/17/2005 | See Source »

...installation of a button in the cockpit that when pressed by the pilot would spray a harmless gas throughout the cabin, putting everyone to sleep. On landing, the good and the bad could be sorted out. All that is needed is a gas mask for the pilot. Helen Smith Far Hills, N.J. Accusing the Press...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 22, 1985 | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...Donaldson kept asking why reporters could not interview Reagan's doctors after they gave their briefings to the press corps. "Go fly a kite," Speakes replied to the audience. Asked if he was wearying, Speakes said, "I'm not tired, I'm just tired of you people." U.P.I. Correspondent Helen Thomas shot back, "Why don't you send in a pinch hitter who can talk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Under the Spotlight | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

Meghan E. Grizzle ’07 is a linguistics concentrator in Leverett House. Ryan M. McCaffrey ’07 is a biochemical sciences concentrator in Quincy House. Helen V. Renton ’08 lives in Canaday Hall...

Author: By Meghan E. Grizzle, Ryan M. Mccaffrey, and Helen V. Renton, MEGHAN E. GRIZZLE AND HELEN V. RENTON AND RYAN M. MCCAFFREYS | Title: FOCUS: Terri Schiavo: Guilty of Nothing But Life | 3/25/2005 | See Source »

Porter University Professor Helen Vendler addressed an audience of about 130 students and professors yesterday, advocating a more prominent role for literature and the arts in American education...

Author: By Sam Teller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Vendler Advocates Larger Role for Arts in Academia | 3/15/2005 | See Source »

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