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Some criticized Gould for neglecting his scholarly work at the expense of his shorter essays. Their voices should be silenced by the publication of his 1,433-page book The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, which synthesizes Gould’s thought with Darwin’s classic theory of evolution. Gould’s ideas were often controversial among his colleagues, but the passion with which he defended his convictions was widely admired...
...FOX.com's Tale of the Tape and wallpaper of these soon-to-be classic matchups...
Caro's obsession, on the other and safer hand, has produced three classic works about power, four if you're counting his book on Robert Moses. I certainly am. We are not talking about an obsessive-compulsive disorder--some helpless yearning that erupts in incessant hand washing, the counting of numbers, words repeated over and over. All words and no play makes Jack a murderous boy. We are not talking about polar bears either. Young Tolstoy's brother told him to stand in the corner until he stopped thinking about the white bear. But Tolstoy was entrapped by fear...
...film's core audience of young males. The very qualities that until now have kept Maguire from becoming a bigger star are integral to his portrayal of the unassuming student Peter Parker. "Tobey's an Everyman," says producer Laura Ziskin. "He's adorable, but he's not the classic hunk. He's not a model. He looks like an ordinary kid." Somehow, Maguire's quiet ordinariness gives a glimpse of his character's roiling inner life. "He doesn't really act," says Raimi. "He just is. I think he has the confidence that the audience will perceive his feelings...
...best pitcher ever to don a Harvard uniform. He pitches a complete game almost every outing, usually striking out 15 and giving up the sporadic hit. Harvard’s 13-12 regular season comeback victory against Brown after trailing 10-2 midway through the sixth inning was a classic, but the Crimson’s ninth-inning, two-out rally to defeat Brown 2-1 and win the Red Rolfe Division on May 8 was the stuff of legends. Perhaps we will be treated to more fun in the NCAA Tournament...