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...question of the sphere's origin is left unanswered at the end of the film--along with a lot of other loose ends--but it's really no mystery. It probably came from the Forbidden Planet, a realm first explored in the classic 1956 sci-fi adventure movie. Its inhabitants had mastered the technique of invading people's minds, prying their darkest passions out of them and turning them back on their victims. Obviously Hoffman's character isn't the only figure involved with Sphere who has a good memory for the classic tropes of dystopian...
...always get full documentation, and to acquire a work of art is, in almost every case, to bring that work of art from the private realm into the public realm," he says...
...easy for me to open up to faculty members in high school because of my mother, but at lower levels, I do not remember feeling comfortable at any time to speak with the teacher or discuss with classmates. This feeling of isolated individualism carried over into the academic realm. Rarely were we encouraged as students to ponder methods of inquiry in depth at an early stage in the learning process. Only on a cursory level was investigation and imagination fostered--there was always rote memorization, an atmosphere of discipline and a strictly structured day to inhibit free thought...
...Harvard today, a similar name adjustment has occurred. Suddenly, instead of "repetitive strain injury" or "repetitive stress injury" or "tendonitis" or any other variations on the theme, even unafflicted Harvard students have started to call our increasingly common problem by the abbreviation "RSI." RSI has moved from the realm of the scientific to the realm of casual lunch conversations. Everyone has heard of it. As a random sampling, I can count the number of victims I know on 10 gradually stiffening fingers...
Putting "their faiths to the test" might be an appropriate comparison in the religious realm but hardly in the secular vs. the religious. Castro and Marxism have failed miserably, a demonstrable fact. I am a believer in an omniscient and loving God, as is John Paul II, but I can't prove I'm right. Nor can the Pope--that's faith. And as you pointed out, "the Catholic Church will survive the death of the 264th Pope," while few believe the Cuban revolution will outlive Castro. ROBERT F. MORAN Methuen, Mass...