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...assume that mathematics as we know it is still valid within Memorial Hall. We must look to alternate explanations for the phenomenon. Assistant Professor of Mathematics Mike J. Nakamaye, who teaches Math 25a: "Honors Advanced Calculus and Linear Algebra," has put forward one theory. "Measurements of fat content in Annenberg food undoubtedly rest on faulty linear approximation techniques," he said in an e-mail message. "To the extent that the food at Annenberg is everywhere homogeneous and nowhere differentiable, linear approximations are doomed to failure...
Threats. "General Henry H. Shelton...said the proposed strike was 'still a valid operational plan.'" (New York Times, 11/17/98...
...said it is a valid possibility that theconservative Supreme Court could decide not toreverse the decision...
...which put an end to any realistic hopes for a Communist revolution in the Weimar Republic. Heartfield lays Liebknecht's mordant head among a sea of German newspaper clippings from anti-Communist papers, subtly picturing the Freikorps in one corner. The effect is a man drowning in newsprint--a valid object of sympathy, but probably not what Heartfield intended. Although this piece is perhaps the least presentable of the exhibit's montage collection, even it expresses what is most important about Weimar montage: a photograph, the medium of realism, is cut, so that slavery to photo-realistic reproduction is defeated...
Your article on the Trilogy computer company (Business, Nov. 16) convinced me that the frequent student gripes about your credibility are more than valid. A constant barrage of advertisements for consulting and international banking firms ordinarily crowd your pages--I had learned to ignore the ads, reading only at the stories...