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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Heck, it's not even I.Q. It doesn't so much as mention math in the course of two hours. In fact, it often feels more like a treatise on philosophy than mathematics, an exploration of the role that fate and free will play in our lives a sort of Milan Kundera novel put on film...

Author: By David Kornhaber, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 2 -> 1: A Math Made in Heaven | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

Heck, it's not even I.Q. It doesn't so much as mention math in the course of two hours. In fact, it often feels more like a treatise on philosophy than mathematics, an exploration of the role that fate and free will play in our lives a sort of Milan Kundera novel put on film...

Author: By David Kornhaber, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 2-> 1: A Math Made in Heaven | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

...only mention of food in relation to Melville's Starbuck pertains to his flesh as hard as twice-baked biscuit and live blood that would not spoil like bottled ale. Starbucks Coffee, however, provides neither ale nor twice-baked biscuits. The name has lost all tinge of its literary flavor, evoking instead a mega-chain flavor--a status achieved thanks to our contribution of big bucks...

Author: By V.p. Demenil, | Title: Rising Star: A Brand Name History | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

...world to visually entice audiences. And while Dr. Seuss knew only red and blue fish, Harvard students are privy to all these magical slippery scales. The fish range in size from one to two feet long, and although they are fed daily, they appreciate dining hall treats---not to mention the occasional suck on a meaty finger or toe. But have no fear, unlike the students at the business school, these toothless fish are not of the piranha persuasion...

Author: By A.b. Osceola, | Title: Something Fishy | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

...discovered that women's mention of the physical body in their letters was practically anathema...

Author: By Frances G. Tilney, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Conway Speaks About Views of Female Body | 4/28/1999 | See Source »

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