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...collegiate sphere, there do seem to be idealized forms for professors. Lecture is heavily visual: Students sit and observe, as an audience. Otherwise, we could all listen to recordings in our rooms. Practically speaking, a professor’s image can enhance—or erode—the individual academic experience. Stereotypes of intellectuals range from the mad scientist to the bearded philosopher. In “A Beautiful Mind,” John Nash is the absent-minded eccentric, focused on game theory rather than his wrinkled clothes. And who but the venerable, bespectacled Dumbledore could have watched...
Quotes By: "We need to carefully maintain a channel of dialogue. Iran is an important country. You must deal with it with respect and dignity." - Amano in a February interview praising President Obama's willingness to sit down with Iranian officials (Reuters...
...many consumers, Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the weeks that follow will be a good time to sit on their hands...
...Palestinian friends who arrived to celebrate his release. "Many, many Israelis come, and Europeans and many Palestinians," Abed-Rabbo tells TIME. "Here we have meetings of love, of peace, for a new way. We don't just need to talk about peace on television. We also need to sit with people, to get to know them, my kids, their kids, to bring them so they can play with each other. That's what love is. You bring people together. That's how you make peace...
...There was Obama's famous comment in the primaries when he was asked if he would sit down with the leaders of Iran, Cuba and North Korea without preconditions," Dr. Timothy Power, a lecturer at Oxford University's Centre for Brazilian Studies, recalled this week. "He said he would and Hillary [Clinton] jumped on him and said he was being naive. Well, Lula is just doing what Obama said he would do." (See the top 10 Ahmadinejad-isms...