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...engagement last summer. But Pitt will not discuss his private life. (Well, almost. "I keep hearing I'm a crazy party guy," he says. "I'm not. I'm boring... At least by party standards.") And so we are forced to turn to the more enlightening but less sexy topic--Richard Gere notwithstanding--of Tibetan Buddhism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A CONVERSATION RUNS THROUGH IT | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

Indeed, the ceremony missed no opportunity to laugh at scientific ironies. Periodic "Heisenberg Certainty Lectures" interrupted the evening's program. These 30-second lectures addressed a random topic of the speaker's choice...

Author: By Eran A. Mukamel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ten Academics Honored With Ig Nobel Prizes | 10/10/1997 | See Source »

...only respond with an honest statement of our position. We shall insist that the party be conducted with proper decorum and above all with attention to the safety of all participants. The end result of this exchange will be salutary if it fosters discussion on a critically important topic and leads to a safer, more fun-filled party on October...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Text of E-Mails on Winthrop Dance | 10/8/1997 | See Source »

...more interesting than the answers. Instead of dealing with contemporary psychological and cultural reasons behind the millennial obsession-say, that New Year's Day 2000 may well become the next big conversation opener and common experience of our lifetimes, a Kennedy assassination equivalent for Generation X-Gould approaches the topic from a dry, historical perspective. The result is an eclectic combination of facts, history lecture, and 11th grade math project: an admittedly brilliant big-name scholar's erudition-on-parade...

Author: By V. MICHELLE Mcewen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Questioning Heavyweight Trivia | 10/3/1997 | See Source »

...facing the end of life, confirmed our worst anxieties. Its main finding was that communication between health care professionals and terminally ill patients was horrendously insufficient. As a result, physicians often knew very little about their patients preferences for end-of-life care, and were reluctant to discuss the topic...

Author: By Akilesh Palanisamy, | Title: Our Medical Crisis: End-of-Life Care | 10/2/1997 | See Source »

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