Word: ideas
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...Devil himself. But this Hell is the refuge of people bored by Heaven, such as the Statue; the Devil is an amiable aesthete with a nihilistic view of man's destiny; and Don Juan himself is a man bored by the mindless hedonism of Hell and consumed with the idea of a Superman--a being detached from crude physicalities and endowed with a perfection of intellect that marks the final step of human evolution. Don Juan and the Devil engage in a lengthy debate that ends with Don Juan's going off to Heaven for more thorough contemplation...
...decision places President Clinton squarely in the middle of a constitutional tug-of-war that U.S. Presidents have fought with the American judiciary since Thomas Jefferson rejected the idea that a sitting President could, or should, be compelled to testify in court. Five recent U.S. Presidents have given testimony in criminal cases. While Presidents Nixon and Reagan testified in courtrooms afterleaving office, Presidents Ford, Carter and Clinton gave videotaped testimony while serving. President Clinton did so in 1996, answering a Whitewater subpoena. In the present case, the Court gave Clinton at least one escape route: the justices gave the federal...
Maybe the idea here was to dampen the economic insecurity induced by Deep Blue. During the Kasparov match, there were many references to John Henry, who in legend died trying to defend his job against the incessant march of technology--in his case, the steam-powered drill. After pondering that outcome, and Deep Blue's triumph, people naturally find it reassuring to be reminded that chess is an artificial endeavor, hardly central to our lives or our livelihoods, and that computers still can't make meaningful small talk...
...wrote that? Sir Thomas More. A knight, a saint, a humanist, a wit, a martyr and a man, famously, for all seasons. And yet a man so besotted by the idea of summer, evidently, that he would foist that season's worst weather off onto winter...
...Kentucky University could send their graduates out into the world after four years. But when Yinger took his five-year plan to high school students who had indicated an interest in teaching, he was encouraged by their response. "They could see the value added," he says. "They liked the idea of spending a full year in the classroom before going out to teach on their own, and the notion of getting two degrees." Teachers sometimes feel trapped in the profession because they don't have a degree in anything else. "In the old traditional programs," says Yinger...