August 5, 2005
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For Sir Alec
From Elegance:
“Philosophers ponder the
idea of identity: what it is to give something a name on Monday and
have it respond to that name on Friday….”– Bernard Holland, page C12,
The New York Times,
Monday, May 20, 1996.Holland was pondering the identity of the Juilliard String Quartet,
which had just given a series of concerts celebrating its fiftieth
anniversary.“Elegant”
– Page one,
The New York Times,
Monday, August 7, 2000.
The Times was describing the work of Sir Alec Guinness, who died on
8/5/00.An example of the Holland name problem:
Monday, August 1, 2005 — Visible Mathematics:
“Earlier,
there had been mapping projects in Saudi Arabia’s Rub’ al-Khali, the
Empty Quarter in the south and west of the country….
‘“Empty” is a misnomer… the Rub’ al-Khali contains many hidden riches.’”Friday, August 5, 2005 –
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