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Thirty-two-year-old Nima Arkani-Hamed, wonder-child of the physics world, noted string theorist, thinker in 11 dimensions, says the only thing he knows for sure about string theory is that “it’s obviously not a theory of strings...
...such thinker is John Norvell, a lecturer on Anthropology who teachers Anthropology 199: Life On-Line: Culture, Technology and Democracy. Norvell defines community as simply “any place where humans interact.” In this sense, Thefacebook.com represents an online community—in addition to the nail-biting process of requesting new friends, the website has features that allow you to poke and send messages to friends already on your list. It practically eliminates the need for real interaction...
Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz said Glendon is an open-minded thinker...
Hookes occupied a unique place in the game?s recent history because of his desire to make his own way through the conformity of cricket and public life. As a coach and tactician he was celebrated as an original thinker. As a media professional, he spurned objectivity; he took risks and was intemperate. A South African woman who made allegations of sexual harassment against Shane Warne was described by Hookes as ?a dopey, hairy-backed sheila.? Last June he called on Steve Waugh to step down as Test captain?a bold statement not likely to endear him to cricket...
Most Pentagons feature a top guy who's a big thinker and a No. 2 who's the day-to-day manager. Rummy and Wolfie (as the President calls them) have it reversed: Wolfowitz is more ideological than Rumsfeld, which has suited both men for different reasons. Wolfowitz often ventured way ahead of the rest of the Administration on foreign policy matters over the past two years, and Rumsfeld frequently let him go. That allowed Wolfowitz to push the whole Bush team to the right, which also let Rumsfeld align himself with that crowd when it served his purpose...