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Vol. I, Issue 20
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Published 04.12.04
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Topical
Cliff Tabin: Super Sonic
Annalise Keen and Cliff Tabin
Where did he grow up?
Dr. Tabin grew up in Illinois north of Chicago.
What are his parents like?
His father was trained as a nuclear physicist and worked with Enrico Fermi on the
Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, New Mexico during World War II. One experiment conducted
by the Fermi group was to determine the efficiency of the first atomic blast. This required
someone to drive into the blast epicenter soon after the explosion in a lead lined tank,
open a trap door really quickly at ground zero, get a soil sample as fast as possible and
then slam the door shut. Cliff’s father volunt-eered for the job, and as a result, he ended
up receiving about 50% of a lethal dose of radiation...
Opinion
Remarks on The Passion
Bill Pearson
I recently enjoyed a high octane conversation with some HMS students about Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” at the Longwood Avenue Starbucks. In response to a request from The Murmur to comment on the movie, I thought I’d reflect on our little discussion.
We agreed the movie didn’t seem to be anti-Semitic. Of course this was easy for us to say since none of us were Jewish. Anti-Semites in and out of the church have justified their racism by citing this story for centuries. I think though a true anti-Semite would hate this movie...
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Cliff Tabin before joining the Army
Survey Says
What would you do if you could keep next year's tuition increase?
Ani Khondkaryan
HMStyle
Tiffany McNair
How many button-down shirts do you have in your closet? Are khakis a mere substitute for the starched slacks that have not yet returned from the cleaners? Can you count the pairs of jeans you own on two, maybe three, fingers? Well, this week, the Murmur would like to take a moment to acknowledge those wardrobes that embody the old (ok, new, but soon to be old) HMStyle adage: There’s more to life than jeans...
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