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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...begin with, it's a gross misconception to claim that the Enlightenment was the work of writers. Writers might have advertised and propagated it, but the Enlightenment, like every single major transformation in history, was the work of scientists. It was the work of Descartes and Galileo and Newton and Leibniz and various French mathematicians whose last names begin with "L" (Laplace and Lagrange come to mind). It was they who showed that the "cold reason" of a science anchored in mathematics was capable of describing and predicting the workings of the universe with a precision previously undreamed...

Author: By Alejandro Jenkins, | Title: In the Cold Light of Reason | 12/15/1999 | See Source »

...panelists related stories of their experiences with critics and the media--which both play a major role in the vitality of the theater community, according to the directors...

Author: By David M. Debartolo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Get Theater Tips From Insiders | 12/15/1999 | See Source »

...There was an immediate public reaction," Berwick said. "It was covered on network TV, and on the front page of all major newspapers...

Author: By Marla B. Kaplan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Medical Mistakes Study Old News at Harvard | 12/14/1999 | See Source »

...Balanced Budget Act was projected to cost the seventeen major Massachusetts teaching hospitals a total of $2.1 billion over five years, according to figures provided by the Massachusetts Hospital Association...

Author: By Benjamin P. Solomon-schwartz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Some Funding Restored to Teaching Hospitals | 12/14/1999 | See Source »

Harvard's major teaching hospitals also include Beth Israel Deaconess and Children's Hospital. All except Childrens's--which serves few Medicare patients--were affected drastically...

Author: By Benjamin P. Solomon-schwartz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Some Funding Restored to Teaching Hospitals | 12/14/1999 | See Source »

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