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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Donoghue's presence at Harvard also "increased the visibility of the herbaria in the international community," said Associate Professor of Biology David A. Baum...

Author: By Eugenia V. Levenson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Herbaria Head Leaves Tenured Position for Yale | 10/20/1999 | See Source »

Harry's shuttling between two worlds is also reminiscent of Lewis Carroll's Alice, L. Frank Baum's Dorothy in her journey to Oz, and the time-traveling earth children who keep reappearing in C. S. Lewis' seven-volume The Chronicles of Narnia. Like them, Harry is young enough both to adapt to altered realities and to observe them with a minimum of preconceptions. Also, the sorcerer's stone in the first Harry Potter book bears an obvious kinship with the all-powerful ring pursued in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wild About Harry Potter | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

...deliberate spreading of lies and smears calculated to harm an organization and an office-holder Dershowitz opposes politically. The fact that Dershowitz believes he must resort to falsehoods suggests that the truth--about both Rep. Barr and the CofCC--is on our side, not his. GORDON LEE BAUM Bridgeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conservative Group, Rep. Barr Misrepresented by Dershowitz | 1/6/1999 | See Source »

...combined. There would be more than 1,000 Howard Johnson restaurants and 500 motor lodges. Yet after Johnson's death in 1972, the company lost its raison d'etre. The restaurants became obsolete; the food quality deteriorated. You underestimate the clientele at your peril. The late restaurateur Joe Baum used to say, "There is no victory over a customer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burger Meister RAY KROC | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

DIED. JOSEPH BAUM, 78, restaurateur who drew high rollers to his high-concept eateries; in New York City. Baum's penchant for aerial views and all things flambe culminated in the Manhattan landmarks Windows on the World and the Rainbow Room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Oct. 19, 1998 | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

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