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...original film of Mel Brooks' The Producers, Zero Mostel advises a blithering Gene Wilder, who has just unintentionally observed Mostel's character trying to seduce an elderly woman: "You mean 'oops,' don't you? Just say 'oops' and get out!" Yet sometimes even "oops" is not enough...
...University Wine Shop—opposed the initiative. Cardullo’s owner, Frances R. Cardullo, rejoiced at the measure’s rejection. “I’ve got a big investment in my beer and wine license and it would have been totally diluted to zero,” she said. “I think the bottom line is that there’s enough saturation of wine shops in the area.” Steve Peterson, the manager at University Wine Shop, which contributed $1,000 to the “Vote...
...nature is ruled out of the conversation. That's an impoverished view of the kinds of questions we humans can ask, such as "Why am I here?", "What happens after we die?", "Is there a God?" If you refuse to acknowledge their appropriateness, you end up with a zero probability of God after examining the natural world because it doesn't convince you on a proof basis. But if your mind is open about whether God might exist, you can point to aspects of the universe that are consistent with that conclusion...
COLLINS: Richard, I actually agree with the first part of what you said. But I would challenge the statement that my scientific instincts are any less rigorous than yours. The difference is that my presumption of the possibility of God and therefore the supernatural is not zero, and yours...
...Wilson, recently promoted from junior varsity, make her varsity debut. Bringing up a jayvee player may not sound like news, but consider that before last week the total number of former jayvee players on the varsity women’s basketball, field hockey, hockey, and volleyball rosters combined was zero. Not one. And there was Wilson, playing the final 30 minutes of a 5-0 loss to Princeton. Saying that the Crimson has been strapped for experience this season would be a gross understatement. Of the 21 players that have been on the roster since August, 12 are freshmen...