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...meet your husband? Rumor had it that a bright, slightly older unemployed Cornell dropout had entered my college social sphere. Word had it that he was mythologically attractive and heroic. Just my type. Fortunately my roommate knew him and introduced us and, lucky for him, he had wonderful and refined tastes in women. We connected. It was magical...
...ALBERT EINSTEIN Twice before, TIME had widened the sphere of the POY--in 1949, when it designated Winston Churchill Man of the Half-Century, and in 1989, when it named Mikhail Gorbachev Man of the Decade. Now, at the millennium, it was time to pick the figure who towered over the entire 20th century and laid the groundwork for the 21st. The choice: "the locksmith of the mysteries of the atom and the universe," whose work transformed all the key fields in our age of science and technology. Einstein's "humanity and extraordinary brilliance made ... his name a synonym...
...problem is less at a government-to-government level than in the sphere of public opinion. Although they'd like the Saudis to do more to clamp down on funds reaching al-Qaeda, the Bush Administration has spoken positively of Saudi cooperation against bin Laden's network in the wake of 9/11. The Administration knows well that the Saudi rulers are among bin Laden's most loathed enemies, and overthrowing them is a key objective of his global jihad. The Administration is also aware that a majority of Saudis are considerably more hostile to the United States than are their...
...However, I must add that despite the fact that I miss it, I do not regret my decision in the least bit,” Black continues. He’ll tell you that as a Crimson quarterback, his social sphere was largely restricted to his teammates—not a bad thing, he’ll insist. “I met a lot of people through my football experience who I became friends with and learned a lot from.” Nor is this, he’ll point out, necessarily something every player suffers from...
Mansfield says he believes discussion and debate in the public sphere can help professors bring innovative approaches to their scholarly arguments. “You can, in preparing a political argument, learn things you wouldn’t learn if you were only trying to answer other professors,” he says, “so it forces you to sharpen your thinking and come to the point in a way that scholarly thinking cannot...