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Shklar has lectured at a number of universitiesaround the world, including Oxford, Cambridge,Hebrew University, and the Van Leer Institute...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Judith Shklar, Professor And Noted Theorist, Dies | 9/18/1992 | See Source »

...Jerry Lee Lewis, sees as crucial in Martin's life: that he was the signal showman of an America that was "fulfilling its destiny as the chrome-crowned glory of post- literate, polyvinyl civilization." Dino was what we wanted and deserved. With the cool of a crooner and the leer of a rocker, he straddled two pop eras. He took the styles others created and filtered them, through the screen door of his nonchalance, for a Middle America avid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dealer With A Hot Hand | 8/24/1992 | See Source »

...deputy director of the Social Philosophy and Policy Center at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, argue that the courts are a dangerous mechanism for policing behavior. "Do we really want legislators and judges delving into our most intimate private lives," she asks, "deciding when a look is a leer and when a leer is a civil rights offense? Should people have a legally enforceable right not to be offended by others? At some point, the price for such protection is the loss of both liberty and privacy rights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Office Crimes | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

...world. When Pee-wee talked to inanimate objects, like chairs, they talked back, which, as everyone under 10 knows, is just what they are supposed to do. This man-boy with the tight suit, googly eyes and lipsticked mouth was not every parent's cup of tea: add a leer and the little guy could pass for the emcee of a Berlin nightclub, circa 1935. But few had any qualms about their offspring spending time in his company: at the movies (Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Big Top Pee-wee) or watching Pee-wee's Playhouse, the Emmy Award-winning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pee-Wee's Misadventure | 8/12/1991 | See Source »

...only to recognize it, but to flesh it out. But in this play, there is no theatrical middle ground--if Javerbaum underplays his role, Munger and Wolkenbreit more than compensate with their overacting. Munger's portrayal of the crude misogynist, Karl, is far too simplistic; he wears a foolish leer on his face throughout the play. Wolkenbreit flatly renders Soot as the stereotypically silly woman...

Author: By Suzanne PETREN Moritz, | Title: Durang's Family Tragedy | 10/26/1990 | See Source »

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