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Acoustics is a notoriously inexact science. Acoustical flops of the 1960s, like New York City's Lincoln Center and Los Angeles' Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, took some of the luster off the profession. Lincoln Center, Nagata says, "was an example of what happens when you leave acoustics up to academics. It's like going to a dietitian to cook you a great meal. Nutritionally, it may be perfect, but it'll probably lack something." For an engineering job, acoustical consulting requires exceptionally delicate people skills: designers must juggle the vision of the architect, the quirks of the orchestra and the whims...
This week marks the anniversary of two of the most important events in our nation’s history. On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. One hundred years and three days later, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated. Today, the nation’s youth remember Lincoln’s speech only through the pages of history; we recall Kennedy’s death through the striking clarity of our parents’ memories. I hope we all take a moment to appreciate the significance of both...
...champion ski-jumper, Montgomery also enjoyed gardening, hiking and wood carving, a hobby he took up at age 8. He carved portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, among others...
Benton grew up in Santa Barbara, Calif., and later lived in Lincoln, Mass. He is survived by his wife, Jeanne L. Benton, his son and daughter, and two brothers...
Dean made news on two fronts. He apologized to the sons and daughters of the Confederacy, black and white, for his politically incorrect assertion that he planned to court voters who put Confederate-flag decals on their pickup trucks. (In his speech, Lincoln also engaged in some hand-wringing about his party's inability to win support down South.) But Dean's true purpose was to announce his desire to abandon the public campaign-finance system, as George W. Bush has done, and test his campaign's amazing ability to raise money from the grass roots against the President...