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...know from the moment you open the Tractatus that it is something special. Each left-hand page is in German, facing its English translation on the right, and the sentences are numbered, using a hierarchical system that tells you this is a formal proof. The book begins straightforwardly enough: "1. The world is everything that is the case." (In German, it makes a memorable rhyming couplet: Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist.) And it ends with an ending to end all endings: "7. Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent...

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

That face in the upper left-hand corner may look a lot homelier than those Vanity Fair normally features on its cover, but you can bet your Tatooine the magazine recognized his undeniable appeal to stalwart Star Wars fans everywhere. On its new issue, due early this month, Vanity Fair features this cover photograph by Annie Leibovitz, who was granted exclusive access to the superfluously secretive Tunisian set of the Star Wars prequel The Phantom Menace. From left, LIAM NEESON as Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn; the ugly guy (known as Jar Jar); NATALIE PORTMAN as Queen Amidala, mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 11, 1999 | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

...Tigers converted the match's only goal at32:47 when senior Chris Halupka buried a directkick into the upper left-hand corner of theHarvard net from about 25 yards out. Halupka'sshot soared just over the Crimson's wall ofdefenders and past senior goalkeeper JordanDupuis...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Princeton Tackles M. Soccer | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

After someone anonymously placed his name on a noted list of players to watch, however, Turlais started to get the recognition he deserved. Many professional scouts could be seen attending his high school games, and soon word got out about the left-hand hitting, right-hand throwing catcher from Illinois...

Author: By Richard A. Perez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lowell Senior Balances School, Minor Leagues | 5/20/1998 | See Source »

...thin Indian man with not much hair sits alone on a bare floor, wearing nothing but a loincloth and a pair of cheap spectacles, studying the clutch of handwritten notes in his hand. The black-and-white photograph takes up a full page in the newspaper. In the top left-hand corner of the page, in full color, is a small rainbow-striped apple. Below this, there's a slangily American injunction to "Think Different." Such is the present-day power of international Big Business. Even the greatest of the dead may summarily be drafted into its image ad campaigns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mohandas Gandhi | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

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