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...wisps of light traveling around the room), Ghostwriter seems to have unlearned nearly all the lessons that CTW has taught us about using TV to grab kids' attention. The stories unfold with painful slowness, and the breezy humor of first-rate CTW fare like Square One TV is strangely absent. Though aimed at seven- to 10- year-olds, the show seems too dull-witted and elementary. Looking for clues to the ghostwriter's identity, the kids try to analyze one of his early messages: "Help! Help! Where are the children? Are they all right?" "He sounds scared," muses one sleuth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unlearning Its Own Lessons | 10/5/1992 | See Source »

...Perot movement similar to those thatinitially swept other parts of the nation wasnoticeably absent at Harvard. In fact, of over 30students interviewed in dining hall last night,only one said he would support Perot...

Author: By Brian D. Ellison, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Critical Of Perot's Return | 10/2/1992 | See Source »

Perot Movement Absent...

Author: By Brian D. Ellison, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Critical Of Perot's Return | 10/2/1992 | See Source »

Soul-searching debates accompanied the $20 earmarked to publicize a Spin Doctors concert which council treasurer Michael P. Beys '94 helped organize. Pontification on the same scale was absent following the De La Soul fiasco which lost enough money to buy at least 20 kegs of beer for each house. (Which expenditure would have been better for Harvard's social life? Hmmm...

Author: By Adam D. Taxin, | Title: Taking the Council Seriously? | 10/2/1992 | See Source »

What we learn about Oliver is that his father has been absent for most of his life, while Madonna's father has been present for all of hers. And although these situations are valid, it seems as if Madonna is appropriating Oliver to establish herself as "mainstream" in spite of her non-conventional demeanor...

Author: By Mecca J. Nelson, | Title: Finding Their Devinants | 9/30/1992 | See Source »

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