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There have been many famous duos in the storied history of pop culture. Some bring to mind fond memories of childhood (Bert and Ernie), some bring wistful looks into your parents' eyes (Captain and Tennille), and some are just, well, best left forgotten (Milli Vanilli). However, in the genre of popular music, there has and always will be the almighty John and John: the driving forces behind They Might Be Giants...

Author: By Annie K. Zaleski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Giants Gig: Rockin' With the Glockenspiel | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

...banks and investment firms had little choice but to put up the money. Bert Ely, president of a financial consulting firm that bears his name, observes that the lenders "want to avoid a fire sale" of fund assets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Brightest and the Brokest | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

...together, for one year in a single room of the old Custom House in Salem, Mass., where, completely disrobed, you shall read and discuss these four works: The Scarlet Letter, Notes from the Underground, The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex and Civilization and Its Discontents. BERT BENDER Tempe, Ariz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 5, 1998 | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

Even if Sands can't play, Harvard's defense should still be strong enough to contain Columbia's offense, whose only score in last year's 45-7 Harvard victory was a bomb to tight end Bert Bondi...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Football Opens Repeat Bid at Columbia | 9/18/1998 | See Source »

...when MARILYN MONROE's favorite photographer, Bert Stern, moved to a new apartment, a manila envelope of color transparencies of his last photographic session with her disappeared; he claims they were stolen. "I sat down on the bed and practically cried," he says. "It was nearly all the photos for a book I was working on." He called the police and the press and put up a reward, and he got a packet with most of them from a construction worker who said he'd found them. Now, 18 years later, the rest have shown up. A New York collectibles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 17, 1998 | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

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