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...huge sets of astronomical data like Borkin’s is that they are often viewed two-dimensionally, akin to the way three-dimensional visual information is translated into two dimensions by the human eye. This can be limiting for astronomers, who must take into account dimensions other than length and width like depth and velocity, according to Goodman...
...version, from 20th Century Fox's Blue Sky Studios (Ice Age, Robots), shows a pleasingly Hortonian faithfulness to the original story; and the process of fleshing it out Geisel's anapestic rhymes to feature-film length seems smart, sensible and organic. Narrated by Charles Osgood of CBS Sunday Morning, and making superior use of the voice talents of Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett and others, the movie proves a funny, elevating ride that should beguile the young and keep their parents or grandparents enthralled too. For once, the G rating stands for Glorious...
...that selected and arranged these snippets is attached to the remarkable brain of novelist and critic Nicholson Baker. Baker occupies a curious position in American letters: part genius, part crank. His best works--his novels The Mezzanine and A Box of Matches, and U and I, his book-length study of John Updike--contain passages so beautifully observed and perfectly formed that they stick in the mind for years. His lesser works--the sweaty, oversharing sexcursions Vox and The Fermata and his tetchy political rant Checkpoint--contain passages you could spend years trying to forget...
...back of the net. But the referees called the goal back, saying that the puck was deflected in by an illegal high stick.Not willing to let victory elude the Crimson a second time, tri-captain Caitlin Cahow took matters into her own hands. Cahow dashed across the length of the ice, weaving through traffic along the way and launched a shot past St. Lawrence goalie Meghan Guckian to win the game for Harvard.“Obviously it was frustrating to have the goal called back, but you can’t really control those things,” Cahow...
...complicated an already less-than-optimal set of conditions. “The whole course was pretty much drenched,” Mayer said. “There were puddles all over the place, and grass was all soggy.” Mayer described the medium-length course as “kind of gimmicky” with “a lot of weird holes” with bumpy greens, especially in the front nine. “The holes were designed to benefit extraordinary shots,” he said. “Even...