Word: mereness
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...memory is so daunting that it is capitalized as "the Knowledge," and scientists have found that in order to accommodate such a vast mental map, the posterior hippocampus of a London cabbie's brain, the bit responsible for spatial memory and navigation, actually grows bigger than those of mere humans. And yet, as demonstrated in The Book of Dave, the latest novel by British author Will Self, the Knowledge alone will not save your life. It fails to warn Dave Rudman, the book's cabbie hero, that junk food, booze and pills are not the best fuel for the long...
Phew! Who was saying this? The writer in question was none other than Theodore Roosevelt, then a mere 24 years old. He was just a short time out of college when his book was first published, in 1882, but already making waves. Here is one of the few examples in recent history--Churchill is another--of a young, highly ambitious man who could foresee his own impact on the future international order. From early on, Churchill seemed to have possessed a premonition that he would lead his nation and empire in an age of great peril. In much the same...
...amazed this spring when one of my professors mandated a daily reading of The New York Times: it was the first time in four years at Harvard my coursework required attention to current events. This is not to suggest that the University could single-handedly defeat civic indifference merely by requiring all students to read The Crimson. But if Einstein is right and education is what remains after we have forgotten everything we learned in school, perhaps we should place more emphasis on the things we take from the Harvard experience that cannot be found in textbooks. Back...
...pressured to channel our conceptual energies into specific and limited applications, compartmentalizing what and when we are allowed to learn. Even if we attain intellectually fulfilling careers, we will still have to contend with the unavoidable peril of adult life: that is, of thinking becoming a mere chore that we’ll want to avoid whenever we aren’t made...
...50th congressional district, which is holding a special election to replace Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, who pled guilty to bribery charges earlier this year. This is a solidly Republican district that Cunningham carried with more than 60% and President Bush carried by 11% in the last election. The mere fact that the Democratic challenger, Francine Busby, a school board member, has made the race competitive indicates the difficulties that Republicans could face in trying to retain control of the House this fall. The G.O.P. nominee, Brian Bilbray, is a former member of Congress (and a surfer) with a conservative pedigree...