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Hussain said he was impressed with the set, which features The All-Mighty brain, an eight-foot sphere of palpitating grey matter with a video screen conveniently located in its frontal lobe...
...ocean-floor site of the Titanic wreck, some 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland and 2 1/2 dark and chilly miles below the surface, to shoot footage. That meant nearly three hours drifting to the bottom of the sea, packed with two crew members into a sphere about 7 ft. in diameter. Cameron, an inveterate thrill seeker, loved...
Whenever I stay true to my mission and actually write a column on campus life, I tend to shy away from the academic sphere. Sure, I've offered a rant here about the Core and a rave there about shopping period, but overall I feel much more justified in simply avoiding academics altogether and talking about extracurriculars, campus politics or administrative action. This week, though, I have been stirred to actually delve into the world of the classroom...
...find the corporate world exhilarating and action-packed. There are others who consider aspects of consulting or legal reasoning intellectually challenging and fulfilling. In addition, not everybody turns to a profession for emotional and personal inspiration. Some individuals turn to a career because it is different from their emotional sphere of life (i.e. friends, community, and family). The uplifting personal experiences one derives from home need not be repeated in one's career. If there are reasons other than money to draw people to law and business, why is it that writers, artists and teachers are so critical of these...
...batter cannot know what is coming. He can go down swinging or looking and be made to look the fool. Yet he has a bat in his hands. And if all goes well and he can accomplish that most difficult feat in sports by hitting a 90-m.p.h. sphere with a heavy rounded stick, well then, fate is thwarted for a moment and the power over life...