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...critic of the popular arts can?t go wrong handing out lumps of coal and mockery. (Or, for that matter, lumps of Colin Mochrie.) But there?s good stuff out there. And as I age, grow decades past the youth in which every critic thinks he?s discovering the Pythagorean Theory with each new movie or song, I find that a lot of the best stuff is Back There. Back When...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling at 100 | 3/26/2004 | See Source »

...other great ones from Shaq, including “I can’t really remember the names of the clubs that we went to,” when asked about visiting the Parthenon during his visit to Greece, and “My game is like the Pythagorean theorem: There is no answer...

Author: By Alex M. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: March to the Sea: Did He Just Say That? | 2/13/2003 | See Source »

...distinguish clearly the reasons why we ought to hold our beliefs from the contingencies, causes and baser instincts that might explain why we do hold them. It seems like an obvious point, especially in the context of Frege’s philosophy of mathematics; to see why the Pythagorean Theorem is true, we don’t need to know anything about Pythagoras or his mood that fateful morning...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: How To Change the World | 6/6/2002 | See Source »

Bradley's lineup of other NBA All-Stars has not brought him victories. He lost the Iowa caucuses, in spite of Russell's ad. Shaquille O'Neal gained more publicity for an ill-advised comment on the Pythagorean theorem than for his endorsement of Bradley. Former Chicago Bulls coach Phil Jackson is running Bradley's Illinois campaign, but at this rate Bradley may not make it to the Illinois primary...

Author: By David M. Debartolo, | Title: Another Celebrity for Bill Bradley | 2/17/2000 | See Source »

This play trades in esoterica. The prologue featured fake French in a thin-historicism that was quickly evaporated by the sight of black maskers exhibiting a proof of the Pythagorean theorem, to a chorus of ringing phones...

Author: By Matthew A. Carter, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Feed Your Head: Metafalutin! | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

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