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Lane, who was trained as a physicist, says that Summers has a talent for explaining how the complex ideas of science can have real-world benefits. For example, Lane says Summers likes to explain how the idea of the square root of negative one, i--a so-called imaginary number--has had a tremendous effect on technology. i represents a point in the two-dimensional plane, and such two-dimensional numbers are used extensively in engineering and physics. Lane says Summers uses i as an example of how theoretical understanding can lead to practical benefits...
...we’ve reached the point of this column. Minnesota’s success is remarkable, and it’s almost impossible not to root for a bunch of no-names in a series against the heralded Yankees or Indians. But if Minnesota reaches the playoffs this year, it will be bad for baseball...
...root for? Southwest doesn't pick many fights. But when it does, consumers usually end up winning...
...root for young women without a college education. The guys answer quickly and with enormous certainty, particularly when it's the wrong answer...
...Which sort of makes you want to root for Keith - whose only victory came in the weight-loss challenge - to somehow stagger across that great finish line in the sand, just so he can blow his nose one last time . . . and give everybody the finger...