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DIED. ERNEST T.S. WALTON, 91, Nobel laureate who, with car batteries, bicycle parts, cookie tins, glass tubing and partner Sir John Cockcroft, became the first scientist to split an atom, proving that E did indeed equal mc2 and ushering in the hope and terror of the nuclear age; in Belfast...
Burma, one of the world's most repressive military regimes,stunned the international community by abruptly freeingAung San Suu Kyi-- Nobel peace prize winner and champion of the southeast Asian country's democracy movement -- from six years of house arrest. As hundreds of supporters gathered in a light rain outside her home in Rangoon, historically laconic military leaders merely noted that her sentence had expired. "No one expected this to happen," saysTIME's Sandra Burton, in the Burmese capital. "The move indicates far greater confidence on the part of the junta that neither Suu Kyi nor the people will rush...
Harvard has more than 30 Nobel laureates, many of whom still teach here. They include Baird Professor of Science Dudley R. Herschbach, Emery Professor of Organic Chemistry Elias J. Corey, Higgins Professor of Physics Sheldon L. Glashow and Loeb University Professor Walter Gilbert...
...olds while wearing a nurse's cape? Sounds like a job for Quentin Tarantino. But it's the work of an artist Bob Dole probably likes much more: PAUL SIMON. The singer-songwriter-ethnographer, who says he's "not generally a fan of musicals," is writing The CapeMan with Nobel laureate Derek Walcott and plans to bring it to Broadway next year. In a publicity stunt casting call last week, young a cappella groups competed in a doo-wop contest. The winners, TROY JACK, JAMAL REED, KEN MCKLENDON and JOEDI IMBERT, had the voices for Simon's musical...
Langone depicts HST participants as Nobel-boundnerds armed with "auto-mechanic" mindsets; out ofall the students at HMS, they need sensitivitytraining the most...