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DIED. Willard Frank Libby, 71, nuclear pioneer whose "atomic clock" for dating ancient objects won him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1960; of a blood clot in the lung; in Los Angeles. A participant in the World War II Manhattan Project, Libby helped develop the gaseous-diffusion method of...
Anderson: Let me begin by saying emphatically that I believe-and believe very strongly-that the immense problems we face in our country and society-and indeed the world-today are highly complex and demand carefully considered, well thought out and clearly articulated answers that address these difficult enigmas with...
Reform, however, may not be as swift and easy as many at the Div School hope. A growing deficit could impede the development of the new curriculum, Rupp says, explaining that only if prospective donors feel the school is reducing curricular diffusion will they commit funds. Moreover, because the faculty...
Unfortunately, Ferguson's book lacks historical perspective. She litters the pages with phrases like "for the first time in history" and "unprecedented source of power." But every age has had its visionaries proclaiming the "New Age" of harmony and peace, and they have always found only old age and death...
Founded in Italy in 1889 by poets and men of letters "trying to defend the Italian language against the invasion of French and English terms," the Dante Society, with 310 chapters worldwide, has since become a vehicle for the diffusion of Italian language and culture throughout the world. The society...