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...forever remain in the realm of quaint anachronism were it not for the plates’ absolutely stunning qualities. Museum-supplied magnifying glasses allow for detailed scrutiny of the plates and reveal the incredible resolution produced by accomplished artists. Where photographs enlarged to increasing degrees will at some upper threshold reveal halftone dots and grainy images, daguerreotypes are virtually flawless in that even at highest magnification, the images never blur or distort...
...every living room only because there are so few of them? Or are there so few because our leaders know we will get to know each one by name and can only bear so much? Pollsters chart a growing acceptance of risk. But mercifully we have not reached the threshold, tested how much we can feel sorrow without feeling despair, and we accept that lives may be lost--so long as they aren't wasted...
...idea of telltale infant behavior is not new. In the 1950s, husband-and-wife psychiatric team Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas, both now 87, identified nine parameters of temperament--activity level, attention span, adaptability, intensity, distractibility, mood, sensory threshold, response to challenge and predictability of functions such as eating and sleeping--that emerge at about four weeks and indicate a lot about personality. "At one month, behavior starts to be discernible," says Chess today. "These differences define...
...Give your doctor--and your insurer--a call. Medical expenses that exceed 7.5% of adjusted gross income are tax deductible, so if you're near the threshold, get that orthodontic work done, or stock up on prescription drugs, by Dec. 31. For the self-employed this year, 60% of health-insurance premiums are tax deductible, so consider making those payments...
...highest SAT II of 750 would have an AI of 225 (the AI is calculated by assigning a score of one through 80 to the highest SAT I score, the highest SAT II score and class rank). He mentions, casually, that the Ivy League threshold for athletes is 169, but doesn’t bother breaking down that number. Allow me: Mr. 169 would have had an 1120 SAT (with a corresponding AI of 56), a 570 SAT II Writing test (57), and a class rank of 115 out of 400 (56). In other words, a Texas A&M candidate...