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...particle, known as the W particle, has proven to be a key to the formulation of a more unified theory. Physicists have long searched for such particles, which are considered the fundamental causes of physical phenomena such as forces...
...debated whether the corpus callosum, a thick bundle of nerves that allows the right half of the brain to communicate with the left, is larger in women than in men. If it is, and if size corresponds to function, then the greater crosstalk between the hemispheres might explain enigmatic phenomena like female intuition, which is supposed to accord women greater ability to read emotional clues...
...first in line. When she devoured books on ancient Egypt, her father was gratified. But movies also held her in thrall. Paglia's love affair with popular culture, which forms the forthcoming second volume of Personae, was already blossoming when she was a child. "Egypt and Hollywood were equivalent phenomena to me, equally rich and fabulous," she says. Her father demurred. "He lectured me on Voltaire's disapproval of actors," Camille recalls, "and this was the time when I was making my collection of 599 Elizabeth Taylor pictures...
...brightest flames, firing the imagination and illuminating the inner reaches of the human spirit. Yet his intellect had a destructive side as well: a deep-rooted, Germanic hostility to the Mediterranean wellsprings of European culture and in particular to the Jews. "Wagner is one of the most complex phenomena in the history of art and intellect, and one of the most fascinating," wrote Thomas Mann in 1940, "because he offers the most profound challenge to one's conscience...
...human aspirations and speculations," he said on the magazine's 40th anniversary. That philosophy is now more compelling than ever. Important social issues like date rape, the deterioration of the environment and the troubles of America's educational system are news; so are advances in medicine and cultural phenomena. "When the movie Thelma & Louise came out, it struck a chord," notes Walter, "so it became news for us as well as a review...