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...more rarefied kind. Instead of making gadgets, they construct jokes. Sometimes the jokes are academic, such as Michael Graves' neo-Biedermeier chair (1981) and Robert Venturi's line of Chippendale, Queen Anne and Empire parodies (1984). Sometimes the jokes are perverse, and the subject is the material itself. Scott Burton has carved chairs from solid granite (1984) and Gehry's fish-shaped lamp (1983) is made of Formica chips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: The Shape of Things to Come | 12/23/1985 | See Source »

What do birds do, and why do they do it? Not all the answers can be found in Bird Behavior (Knopf; 224 pages; $18.95), but that is because the subjects are so colorfully diverse. Zoologist Robert Burton writes informatively on the breeding, flying, feeding and migrating habits of some of the world's 8,600- plus avian species. His introduction is inarguable: "Birds are, perhaps, the most popular group of animals and they give pleasure to thousands of people around the world." Nearly 600 photographs brilliantly feather the text. Birds are observed blushing, using tools and eating everything from insects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Glowing Celebrations of Nature, History and Art 21 Volumes Make a Shelf of Season's Readings | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

...succeeds most at Sir John Bushy, a flaky favorite of Richard who flits about with a brightly colored silk scarf. Kristin Gasser is superb as the forlorn and lonely Queen to Richard who suffers from "nameless woe." Gasser is particularly effective in her final departure scenes with Richard. Jennifer Burton, Diane Paulus and Caroline Bicks occasionally succumb to overacting and have yet to master the art of walking like men, but are strong characters overall...

Author: By M. ELISABETH Bentel, | Title: Groundling Room Only | 12/13/1985 | See Source »

Dean of the College Maude Chaplin and Vice President of Business Affairs Burton Sontenstein refused comment yesterday...

Author: By Joseph Menn, | Title: Wellesley Dining Hall Workers Say They Will Strike on Friday | 10/30/1985 | See Source »

...Jennifer Burton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1985 Candidates for Harvard Class Marshal | 10/2/1985 | See Source »

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