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Octophiles were transfixed last week when the second Monday of this month produced the rhythmic four-digit 8-8-88. Gamblers bet on the numeral, and some came up lucky, albeit a little bit late. Three straight eights topped the New York State lottery on -- sorry -- the ninth day of...
Luckily or not, Charles Demuth (1883-1935) painted one picture so famous that practically every American who looks at art knows it. The Figure 5 in Gold, 1928, is a prediction of pop art. Based on a poem by William Carlos Williams, it powerfully conveys the passing clamor of a...
Twenty-one defecting Cardinals prompted Runner Ron Wolfley to dub St. Louis the "jellyfish capital of the N.F.L." But the brothers Noga, at least, have made their peace. While Niko was striking, Peter was standing in, usurping his sibling's linebacker position and even his jersey numeral, 57. "It was...
Du Pont, 52, insists that his heavyweight name has no real bearing on his campaign. It is an irresistible angle for journalists, he admits, and the patrician roman numeral provides an easy stereotype. Du Pont is astute enough to ban reporters from his elegant home near Wilmington and his sprawling...
The mathematics is sometimes so well hidden as to be nearly invisible. But at its best Square One finds clever and disarming ways of bringing dry subjects to life. In a sketch to illustrate the properties of the number zero, for example, the despondent numeral visits a psychoanalyst. "I'm...