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...distinguish us from other animals. Evolution is a story, a beauty. We're stories as individuals; our DNA writes the plot, sometimes the theme. It is thought that children acquire language to tell the story that is already in them. Only a few weeks ago, the pure-science linguist Noam Chomsky, in another change of mind, said he now thinks a divine power gave us language in a single, inspired stroke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Story of the Year | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

...Noam D. Elkies, club faculty advisor and a professor of mathematics, said he anticipates another exciting contest...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Tries to Check Yale | 11/20/1998 | See Source »

However, Asst. Prof. Andrew Metrick, the head tutor of the economics department, lost 0-1, as did the chess club's faculty advisor Noam D. Elkies (GSAS '87) professor of mathmatics...

Author: By Annie K. Zaleski, | Title: Mission: Beat the Chessmaster | 10/8/1998 | See Source »

Later that month, Harvard students hold an "Indochina Teach-In," at which U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy (D-Minn.), New York Times associate editor Tom Wicker and MIT professor Noam Chomsky speak on behalf of the anti-war cause...

Author: By David S. Stolzar, | Title: Class Of 1973 TIME LINE | 6/2/1998 | See Source »

While critics like Noam Chomsky have labeled Paglia as reactionary, Paglia's position on social issues give them pause. She is strongly pro-choice, strongly pro-pornography ("I've made an extensive study," she told the audience,) and favors abolishing age-of-consent laws governing sexual relationships...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Paglia Opines on American Culture, DiCaprio, Evils of Postmodernism | 5/8/1998 | See Source »

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