1980 A Lot to Learn I have come to believe in the prophetic value of Monday Night Football. Example: Ever so slowly in the last four years, the heretofore eternal Oedipal struggle ("Hi, Mom") has …
December 17, 1987
News & Stories
In So Many Words: The Reader at 15: The Eighties
The only way of writing the Roman numeral four
Dear Matthew Alice: Have you ever noticed the Roman numeral four on watches and clocks? It's WRONG! Instead of the usual IV, like we all learned in grade school, it says IIII! What's the story? …
December 17, 1987
Dictionary Hill in Spring Valley got its name from encyclopedia salesman
Dear Matthew Alice: San Diego County has lots of odd names, but one of my favorites is Dictionary Hill in Spring Valley. Why is it called Dictionary Hill? Why can't I find it on any …
December 17, 1987
John Montgomery tried ornithopters on Otay Mesa
Dear Matthew Alice: Has anyone ever built a heavier-than-air device that flies by flapping its wings, either manned or remote control? If it hasn't been done, is it theoretically possible? Bruce M. Binder, Pacific Beach …
December 17, 1987