I would tell my husband to take care of our son and to not let him eat junk all the time. :) He has a terrible sweet tooth and tends to give our son to many sweets. Then I would tell him to tell the older kids that I loved them very much.
I would say "No, don't kill me. No, arghhh. " I would say it to my assailant.(Obviously it won't help.).
I would tell my family I love them and be there for that last moment.
I would tell my wife I love her and confirm our plans where we're meeting in heaven. Then I'd pat her on the po-po and tell her to fix my eggs. (An inside joke from a scene from the Soprano's where Chris gets into a big argument with his girl then tells her to just go fix his eggs.).
Herschbach: Well, it was recognized that the Mathieu functions were what you wanted for the models that we were using to analyze these spectra, but there were two key things that were roadblocks. One was that the quantities that you needed, that you could derive from Mathieu functions for this excited-state business, were not available. I went to Los Alamos after my first year here, much to Bright Wilson’s surprise — it wasn’t usual — and I did some calculations there with the help of a friend who was a computer whiz.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.