that enable sorrow and exalt dreams and, in exchange for the ardent secret confided to them, give the intoxicating illusion of beauty. The people, the bourgeoisie, the army, the nobility, all of them, just as they have the same mail carriers, purveyors of afflicting sorrow or of crowning...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Hang out there. You can relax in the cafeteria in the basement. A visit to the New York Public Library is a must; it is located at Fifth Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street. Beautiful building. Great cultural institution. I would say avoid the Modern Museu...
This will not be a comprehensive obituary. It’s not possible. Not today. To look at his filmography is to become paralyzed by overwhelming evidence of his work ethic, his durability, and his ability to blend into any sort of project while still insisting on a spiky vitality and mystery. ...
Mook, D. (2004). Roger Sperry and the bisected brain. Chapter in Classic experiments in psychology. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Google Scholar Puente, A. E. (November 1995). Obituary: Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913–1994). American Psychologist, 50(11), 940–941. Google Scholar Puente...
prostate cancer after his mother and his brother had both died of colon cancer. That could not have been very pleasant. He was a clinical professor of surgery at Yale University until he retired in 2009. His obituary in theNew York Timesexpresses this thought about Dr. Nuland and his death...
Placebos prove powerful even when people know they’re taking one. Family of a young NYS Corrections Officer killed in a drunk-driving accident had some blunt advice for those reading his obituary. Arthur writes abouttoxic positivity. Brain waves can be used to predict future pain sensitivity....
Dietrich (Dick) HUMBKE obituary Dietrich (Dick) Frederick Ernest HUMBKE 1947 Wednesday, Jan. 17, 1968 Long-time Distric Man Passes Here Funeral services for the late Deitrich (Dick) Humbke of Wetaskiwin were held were held from Baker Chapel Sunday, January 6. Mr Humbke passe away Janu...
Taylor Le Roy Ladurie Le Roy Ladurie Braudel Braudel Posted here (above) — both as Word documents and PDFs — are four articles which I wrote for the reference bookCurrent Biography: Chaim Potok novelist Current Biography, May 1983
As Nixon’s press secretary, Ron Ziegler, dismissed the first report of the break-in at the Watergate Hotel as a “third rate burglary attempt” and then, as the investigation into Watergate deepened, admitted that his previous statements had become “inoperative.” (Shades of false claims made...