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Against Innovation
I hope my not being enamored of your special issue (37 Under 36: America's Young Innovators) doesn't make me a boorish oaf, but I suggest you mail it instead to the friends and relatives of those who appeared in the issue, not to subscribers who are looking for interesting reading.
John Kerhlikar
Shingle Springs, California
After years of negative news stories about poverty, violence, greed, corrupt politicians and our failed educational system, I had almost begun a free fall into the pits of cynicism. Reading your special issue about young innovators reassured me there is a great future ahead for us.
Benjamin J. Legett
Covington, Louisiana
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RE: January Issue/THE LAST PAGE by Kathleen Flinn Being an avid Julia Child fan since the 50's I never missed opportunity to watch her programs. I found them informative, interesting, and yes, amusing. Ms. Flinn states in her article that the story of the Chicken flying from the roasting pan is not true. I do not know if it is or not. However, I do clearly recall the incident of the couchon de lait (roast suckling pig) she had prepared for roasting flying across the kitchen to smack and slide on the floor as she had abruptly turned after lifting. This was in the late 50's or early 60's. I was just a teenager with an interest in food preparation at the time. Julia, never missing a beat, she stepped to the pig, plucked it from the floor, turned to the camera, and uttered these words, "I am going to do exactly as you would if this occurred in your home." She walked to the sink, rinsed off the piglet and plopped it back on the roasting sheet, lightly and quickly seasoned it then over to the over. After that, she never referred to the incident again. What class under fire. I was rolling on the floor. The above is absolutely true, I viewed it in black and white and Julia was at her best. Bernard McIntyre Hot Springs Village, Arkansas
Posted by Bernard McIntyre on December 25,2007 | 04:21PM
Today I received my first issue of my new subscription to Smithsonian, and already I’ve learned things I never new. I learned that scientists have stopped light at near absolute zero (“The Coldest Place in the Universe," Jan 08). Even more surprising, the graphic on page 21 told me that the boiling point of water is not 212 degrees, as I was always taught. Now Smithsonian tells me that the boiling point is 220 degrees! Who knew?
Posted by Mike Mitchell on January 22,2008 | 05:49PM
Today I received my first issue of my new subscription to Smithsonian, and already I’ve learned things I never new. I learned that scientists have stopped light at near absolute zero (“The Coldest Place in the Universe," Jan 08). Even more surprising, the graphic on page 21 told me that the boiling point of water is not 212 degrees, as I was always taught. Now Smithsonian tells me that the boiling point is 220 degrees! Who knew?
Posted by Mike Mitchell on January 22,2008 | 05:49PM
Found you through seeking for travels. Many interesting travels I will come back to that. But I see you work with a lot of things. I should like to know if you know something about the Historical Musee in Bagdad. Is all gone, or? Faithfully Turid (from Norway)
Posted by Turid M. Dankertsen on July 20,2008 | 11:57AM