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Old Catonsville: Imagination in full bloom for prom season
With Catonsville High School's Senior Prom only a few weeks away, several seniors at the school have taken an imaginative approach to popping the question for that certain someone to accompany them to the May 19 event at the Baltimore Marriott...Tags: Libraries, Dining and Drinking, Ronald McDonald (fictional character), Computing and Information Technology Industry, Hurricane Irene (2011)
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Closing the book on Britannica
In 1797, the Shaw of Persia received a set of Encyclopedia Britannica to celebrate his elevation. He read it in its entirety — it was shorter then — and in celebration of this accomplishment, he added "Most Formidable Lord and Master of the...
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Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson discusses the late, iconic Apple leader
Few nonfiction writers think bigger than Walter Isaacson, who has taken on subjects like Henry Kissinger, Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein. But when Apple founder Steve Jobs invited him in 2004 to write a complete and frank biography, Isaacson held...
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Science and censorship
Albert Einstein once said the reason he was able to accomplish so much was because he had "stood on the shoulders of giants" like Newton and Galileo. The Nobel Prize-winning physicist's remark was a reminder how much scientists depend on discoveries...Tags: Vaccines, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Medical Research, Terrorism, Human Body
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Give Buddy Roemer a chance
Albert Einstein is famously reported to have said that the definition of insanity was to continue doing the same thing over and over again and expect different results. By that definition, it appears that America has gone stark raving mad. Our economy...Tags: Democratic Party, Charles Elson Roemer, III, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Political Corruption
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Johns Hopkins professor shares Nobel Prize in physics
More than anything else, in the wake of the elation and tumult accompanying Tuesday's announcement that he'd won a share of the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics, Johns Hopkins University astrophysicist Adam Riess wants to get back to work.
"I really want to...Tags: Space Programs, Mystery (genre), John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, High School Sports, Cosmology
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Statewide high school football scores from Friday
Aberdeen 21, Fallston 14
Annapolis Area Christian 40, Pallotti 0
Arundel 58, Southern-AA 13
Atholton 48, Centennial 0
Bel Air 21, C. Milton Wright 14
Bethesda 28, Walter Johnson 14
Bishop Ireton, Va. 48, St. Mary's Ryken 0
Bishop Walsh 57,...Tags: Pikesville, John F. Kennedy, Middletown, Mountains, Minor League Baseball
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Team standings and results
Golf County Championship Tournament (Sept. 27) At The Timbers at Troy Boys team: 1. Wilde Lake, 181 points; 2. Marriotts Ridge, 175; 3. Glenelg, 168; 4. Centennial, 154; 5. River Hill, 151; 6. Howard, 133; 7. Mt. Hebron, 131; 8. Atholton, 131; 9....Tags: Severna Park
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A basic skill
Over the years, an awful lot of the responsibility of raising children has been pawned off on our school systems, and sometimes it appears to have been at the expense of the three Rs. And any properly schooled person can certainly tell you that the...Tags: Mathematics, Euclid, Harford County, Schools, Public Schools
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Faster than light? Research will benefit America in ways we can't foresee
The news from the European Institute for Particle Physics is that Albert Einstein may have been wrong ("Faster than light", Sept. 23). The speed of light may not be insurmountable, and everything we think we know about the universe may be wrong. Of...Tags: Space Programs, Large Hadron Collider Experiments, Europe
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Large Hadron collider notwithstanding, it's still an Einsteinian universe
Mac Nachlas' letter suggests that the results of a recent European experiment not only raises entirely new doubt about Albert Einstein's theories but also reveals a failure of the U.S. to keep up with other devolved countries in its investment in basic...Tags: George Bernard Shaw, Randallstown, Superman (fictional character), Research
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The earlier we learn financial lessons, the better
John David Kromkowski learned about compound interest as a youngster with the help of a passbook savings account at the bank. "Every time you went in, they would calculate the interest for you and put it in the book," the 49-year-old Baltimore County...Tags: T. Rowe Price, Banking, Money and Monetary Policy, Bank of America Corp., Finance
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