I just found the obituary [1] and was considering replying with the "correct" quote, but did some more digging and discovered that you are absolutely correct [2

I just found the obituary [1] and was considering replying with the "correct" quote, but did some more digging and discovered that you are absolutely correct [2]: the Times has, without notification, edited (some might say "airbrushed out") the original phrasing. Shameful. [1]: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/science/space/yvonne-brill-rocket-scientist-dies-at-88.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/science/space/yvonne-brill... [2]: http://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/yvonne-brill-and-the-beef-stroganoff-illusion http://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/yvonne-brill-and-...