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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 »

Growing up in Valmeyer, Rusty Weston was almost unnoticeable. A former schoolmate describes him as a "basic farm guy." In the Valmeyer high school yearbook, Weston posed with other members of Future Farmers of America. Looking over the yearbook, his principal, H.R. Baum, said, "There would be a half-dozen others I'd suspect of this before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Murder In The House | 8/3/1998 | See Source »

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