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More subtly, however, Kogan's tour de force helps to uncover the structure of Chekhov's play, composed in part of a series of ceaseless competing refrains of leitmotifs. Irina sighs her frustrated desire to go to Moscow, Vershinin "philosophizes" and bewails his marital misfortunes, and Natasha inanely shrieks her...

Author: By Susan D. Chira and Scott A. Rosenberg, S | Title: Unearthing Chekhov's Rhythms | 3/22/1979 | See Source »

Einstein, who had helped revolutionize 20th century physics, now was resisting the revolution's latest turn. To him, quantum mechanics was fundamentally incomplete. Nature, he was sure, operated by strict rules that scientists : could uncover. But because of the role of probability in quantum mechanics, Einstein felt that it failed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cover: The Year of Dr. Einstein | 2/19/1979 | See Source »

PHOENIX, Arizona--The large crimson-colored bloodstain is gone now, an uncomfortable memory from the past that most Arizonans would prefer to forget. It's been more than two years since investigative reporter Don Bolles was blown up in his white Datsun while trying to uncover the activities of organized...

Author: By Mark A. Feldstein, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Business As Usual | 1/9/1979 | See Source »

His eyes are baggy from lack of sleep, and his speech has quickened and become more salty. Last week, after 100 hectic days as special counsel for the Government Services Administration, former Federal Prosecutor Vincent Alto declared that the web of GSA mismanagement, employee theft and kickbacks from private contractors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Biggest Scandal | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

As Rogas further investigates the shootings, he begins to feel that his superiors in the police and justice departments are more suspicious of him than they are of the actual killer. He is disturbed by the government's excessive use of electronic surveillance techniques and their insistence that the perpetrators...

Author: By Raymond Bertolino, | Title: When in Rome, Shoot Like the Romans | 8/1/1978 | See Source »

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