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Among the most interesting debates we had, especially with our outside experts, were those concerning the relative influence of thinkers vs. tinkerers--those who work mainly inside their own mind vs. those who turn their mind to practical things. In some centuries the tinkerers are more influential. The 15th, for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thinkers vs. Tinkerers, and Other Debates | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

Not, let me insist and insist again, by Vague Generalities. We abhor V.G.'s, we skim right past them, we start wondering what kind of C to give from the first V.G. we encounter; and as they pile up we decide C-. (Harvard being Harvard, we do not give D...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 1/15/1999 | See Source »

"Locke is a transitional figure." (Philosophy)

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Beating the System | 1/15/1999 | See Source »

Alas, it will have to be told much more: most analysts think Wyden will be re-elected comfortably. Still, winning the Republican nomination in a state with an Asian population of just 3% was no small feat for Lim. For Asian Americans, it is one of several heartening political breakthroughs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Place at the Table | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

The Asian vote is expected to be 10% of California's electorate by 2000. Nevertheless, it cannot be courted as if it were a single-minded bloc. Says Stewart Kwoh, executive director of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center in Los Angeles: "There hasn't been a stand taken by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Place at the Table | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

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