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...Pinkerton, who is only 32, a onetime libertarian, explains paradigms in terms of the Ptolemaic and Copernican models of the universe. The mind, in order to explore and solve problems, must operate upon certain models, certain sets of assumptions. For 13 centuries, humankind assumed, as Ptolemy taught, that the sun revolved around the earth. It was a workable paradigm of the universe, in its way, but became the Old Paradigm when Copernicus propounded the New Paradigm that the earth revolved around...
Early in his Administration, George Bush tried to sum up the spirit abroad in the world as the "New Breeze." The phrase evoked not history on the march but a summery midafternoon in Kennebunkport, Me. A young White House aide, James Pinkerton, has proposed the "New Paradigm" as the overarching idea, the signature, of the Bush years. We shall see. The President has used the phrase New Paradigm a few times in a glancing way, but the phrase may not be his style. Budget Director Richard Darman mocked Pinkerton's New Paradigm in a speech a few weeks ago ("Brother...
...Crimson opened the scoring early, with two penalty kicks by sophomore Co-Captain Andrew Pinkerton establishing a 6-0 lead 15 minutes into the contest. Harvard had more opportunities, however, as the Crimson was "encamped on Army's goal line" for the first 20 minutes, according to Kingston...
With two minutes remaining, Harvard's Wilensky scored his second try right under the goalposts, and Pinkerton converted, but those six points were all the Crimson could muster in the half...
Harvard led by a 16-0 margin at halftime, thanks to tries by sophomores Andy Howard and Andy Pinkerton. Co-Captain Pinkerton also tallied two penalty kicks and two conversion kicks...