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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