Word: viewpoints
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First of all, I did not intend to attack Gomes personally in a public forum such as The Crimson. My quote was obtained from a casual conversation, and I was not aware that they would be published. The quote, as stated, does not accurately represent my viewpoint on this issue...
...Elkies believes his three main passions have a lot in common. "It's a way of thinking, or even of feeling about math, music and chess that it feels like one is applying a similar kind of aesthetic viewpoint...
...have so many Americans been sent up the river? And is it a good thing? There are plenty of answers, depending on one's viewpoint. Some believe that such high numbers reflect unduly harsh sentencing and irresponsible public policy that does very little to address the underlying causes of crime. Others point to the aforementioned crime statistics as proof that the get-tough policies of the '80s and '90s are working as intended. Whatever the positions taken, however, there is definite potential, if the numbers keep on climbing, for public backlash. Urban politicians are likely to point to the large...
...infinitesimal. But thanks to Albert Einstein we know that time travel of a different sort does happen in the macroscopic world. As he showed back in 1905 with his special theory of relativity, time slows down for objects moving close to the speed of light, at least from the viewpoint of a stationary observer. You want to visit the earth 1,000 years from now? Just travel to a star 500 light-years away and return, going both ways at 99.995% the speed of light. When you return, the earth will be 1,000 years older, but you'll have...
...consistently gotten the short end of the stick," says Sanders. So just as an odd coalition of religious conservatives and feminists will continue to trumpet the benefits of same-sex classrooms, the ACLU will continue to champion civil rights laws - even at the expense of another, perhaps equally valid viewpoint...