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...similarity between complex traffic systems and the human brain.The author also examines the effects that the personal tragedy of his wife’s sudden death have had on his philosophy of the mind. Any criticism of the presence of personal drama would be foolish, however, because the subject matter of the book is extremely relevant to everyone’s personal life: Hofstadter is leading an investigation of the elusive nature of subjective experience.Hofstadter has a gift for articulating the complex with wit, clarity, and accessibility. When he includes a relevant excerpt from the work of a less down...
...purge its ranks of nearly 3000 members–all of them black.” The March 3 vote defined Cherokee Nation citizenship to include those citizens who can link their heritage to an ancestor listed on the Dawes Rolls. It doesn’t matter if you are black, red, white, or green: As long as you have an ancestor on the Dawes Rolls you can be a card-carrying Cherokee citizen...
...interviews with other media outlets on Thursday, Phillip L. Clay, MIT’s chancellor, said the school received a tip questioning Jones’ credentials last week. MIT looked into the matter and asked for Jones’ resignation on Monday...
...time.”Walsh expressed confidence in giving Cole another shot at starting. “He’s the kind of kid who can bounce back,” Walsh said. “Would I go back to him? Absolutely.”But no matter who the Crimson puts out on the mound, as its most valuable resource, pitching can always be counted on.“[Pitching has] been the backbone of our team,” captain Brendan Byrne said. “It’ll lead us to the championship...
...fund-raising comes first. As her campaign chairman, Terry McAuliffe, discovered, Obama "works the phones like a dog. He probably did three to four times the number of events she did" in the first quarter. "No matter who I call," McAuliffe says, "he has already called them three or four times." So Clinton is stepping up the pace of her cash raising. Instead of big galas, she will be doing more fund-raisers in smaller settings that offer extra attention from the candidate - especially for those contributors who can pony up the maximum $4,600 total allowed...