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...literally earth-shattering import, it's endlessly debatable, and best of all it's completely hypothetical. No one every fought and nuclear war, or even came all that close to fighting one, so experts can only guess and guess again about the issue. And once you've mastered the lingo of kilotonnage and force posture, there is little difference between the nuclear amateur and the nuclear expert. It's a game anyone with a typewriter can play...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: BLOW-UPS: | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

Despite his use of the art-crit lingo that is a hazard of the profession, the Andover-Princeton educated Stella does a fine job of explaining how Caravaggio's painting surpassed the tradition of trompe l'oeil--literally "fool the eye," meaning those paintings designed to be mistaken for real. Stella believes Caravaggio's greatest accomplishment was in his command of space, painting figures that not only look three-dimensional, but seem to expand out of the front and back of the canvas...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Inter-Stella Space | 1/12/1987 | See Source »

Every year around Christmas, most students who play the Secret Santa game find themselves in possession of too many 2 oz. bottles of Grand Marnier, little trinkets from Urban Outfitters, singing telegrams and other non-utilitarian presents. In computer lingo, those...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Holiday Gift Ideas for That `Significant Other' | 12/3/1986 | See Source »

...while Moore does say that her crystals can be used for scrying--or predicting upcoming events, in occult lingo--she argues that crystals serve a more important function "by drawing energy from the unmanifest to the manifest [and] getting in touch with the deep stuff within...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Course Makes Your Life Crystal Clear | 11/14/1986 | See Source »

...academic pressures do lead many B-School students into trouble, said Leopold. In any given year, she said, 20-40 percent of a class may "hit the screen", which is B-School lingo for encountering academic troubles. Of this group, Leopold said that some continue at the school, while others are advised to leave...

Author: By James S. Rubin, | Title: B-School Right After College? Nope. | 11/4/1986 | See Source »

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