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...idea of "self-evident" truths was one that drew less on Locke, who was Jefferson's favored philosopher, than on the scientific determinism espoused by Isaac Newton and the analytic empiricism of Franklin's close friend David Hume. In what became known as "Hume's fork," the great Scottish philosopher had developed a theory that distinguished between "synthetic" truths that describe matters of fact (such as "London is bigger than Philadelphia") and "analytic" truths that are so by virtue of reason and definition ("the angles of a triangle total 180 degrees"; "all bachelors are unmarried"). Hume referred to the latter...
Business has been “slow” at Unique, the second location of a store that originated in Newton, according to manager Kelly Nguyen, who stands in the doorway as her two stylists sit on plastic chairs outside...
...United Synagogue Youth convention in Chicago brought Eli J. Lederman ’03, a Newton resident, and Meg Barenson, a Maine native, together in high school. “He told me I had flabby arms,” Barenson says of their first interaction. Lederman claims “I was just trying to get her goat. And it worked.” The two stayed in contact even while Barenson spent her first year of college in Israel. When she returned to Brandeis the next year, the two began spending more time together. This past December, they...
...presided over the notorious “Nanny Case” in which the au pair Louise Woodward was accused of violently shaking a Newton family’s baby to death. The jury found Woodward guilty of second-degree murder—but Zobel overturned the verdict, finding the British au pair guilty of the lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter. Woodward went free with time served...
...firm's performance. South African firms don't know how many of their workers have AIDS; privacy laws prevent mandatory testing by employers. And many companies are loath to disclose any stats: imagine how a food-service company's high infection rate could frighten investors and customers. But Nicky Newton-King, the J.S.E.'s deputy CEO, hopes a discourse in financial reports will help remove the AIDS stigma and lead to better prevention and treatment...