As the computer age dawned, he saw how the new technology could be harnessed to mathematics to solve problems in everything from designing weapons to predicting the weather.
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How Cuts to Medicaid Would Imperil Rural Hospitals
More from our inbox: No Trump Third TermA Display of FaithLoud Music in PublicCredit…Sam Whitney/The New York TimesTo the Editor: Re “Medicaid Cuts Would Gut My Rural Hospital,” by Kevin Stansbury (Opinion guest essay, May 3): Mr. Stansbury makes …
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Walter Frankenstein, 100, Dies; Hid From the Nazis All Over Berlin
With his wife and infant sons, he took refuge in unlikely places, including an opera house, an abandoned car and a subway station converted to a bunker.
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David Tracy, 86, Theologian Who Rejected Rome’s Supremacy, Dies
The author of influential books and essays, he was known for a contemporary theory of religion and Catholicism that advocated dialogue, not decrees.
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Swept by the Fires, Away From Their Lives
In the aftermath of the Los Angeles fires that destroyed thousands of homes and properties, many fire victims moved far away from Altadena and Pacific Palisades in a sudden diaspora that upended the two tight-knit communities in ways beyond the …
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Ed Smylie, Who Saved the Apollo 13 Crew With Duct Tape, Dies at 95
He and his team of NASA engineers jumped into action to help three astronauts bound for the moon. His quick thinking earned him a shout-out from Richard Nixon.
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The Battle for Bryant Park Grill
A fight over the restaurant inside Bryant Park, the lush, green six-acre patch in the heart of Midtown, is proof positive that real estate in Manhattan is still a hotly contested commodity. Late last year, Ark Restaurants, which owns the popular …
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A Designer’s Glamorous Lifestyle Infuses His Studio
Corey Damen Jenkins showcases weighty crystal coasters, a high-end French trolley and one-of-a-kind dachshund finial chairs.
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To Find High-End Furniture in New York, Look Up
Thirty years ago, a New Yorker with a sharp eye and a strong back could still find and rescue an Eames chair from a Midtown dumpster. Those with greater means, and less patience, might buy marble pedestal tables and Swedish flat-woven rugs at …
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