In one early visit to the U.S., Albert Einstein, perhaps the greatest scientist in history, was subjected to a very public pop quiz devised by none other than American inventor Thomas Edison, according to author Walter Isaacson in “Einstein: His Life and Universe.”
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1/29/10
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Those interested in helping victims of the earthquake in Haiti may contact the following organizations:
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1/21/10
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School districts across the South Shore had their state aid allotments for December held back when Gov. David Paterson ordered the payments halted so the state could stay in the black.
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1/21/10
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AP courses, SUPA classes, extra-curricular activities, sports and a part- time job, need I say more? You can’t imagine what the schedule of a high school senior is like. With worries about college …
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1/21/10
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Rockville Centre residents should be outraged. At a time when overburdened taxpayers are expecting the village and the school district to work together to save money and avoid duplication of …
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1/15/10
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Let me give the residents of Rockville Centre a brief history on Fireman’s Field. In 1935, the Village of Rockville Centre set aside and dedicated a section of land on the south side of its sewer …
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Chief Mark Murray
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1/15/10
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Gov. David Paterson made no friends in Albany with his State of the State address last week. In it he outlined a series of ethics and campaign reforms under what he called the Reform Albany Act — aimed primarily at what many say is a dysfunctional Legislature.
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1/14/10
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There are big-picture issues that the town of Hempsteand and Nassau County will have to tackle together. Foremost among them is the Lighthouse project, a sweeping proposal to transform 150 acres surrounding the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale from the barren asphalt of a parking lot to a residential and commercial zone.
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1/7/10
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What are the editorial pages about?
Who writes editorials?
How do letters and guest columns get published?
These graphics offer some answers.
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12/31/09
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As we batted around ideas for this week’s editorial, we agreed that a new take on an old idea — New Year’s resolutions — was in order. Rather than offer our own ideas, we decided, we’d ask the experts.
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12/24/09
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