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...campus cop has just left. Professor of English Murray Sperber sits in his office at Indiana University, mulling the advice on how to protect himself from hotheads. Sperber, 60, figures he had better take two self-defense courses recommended by the cop, including "Verbal Judo," which is designed to help de-escalate potential violence. When he returns to teaching in January, after sitting out a semester to avoid having his teeth knocked out, his name will not appear on course listings. For his own protection, he'll be Professor Incognito...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbal Judo for Beginners | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

...only after Knight's firing did he consider a return. "I felt silenced, and I missed teaching," he says. After 29 years at I.U., he'll teach two "stealth courses," as he calls them. Students won't know in advance that their teacher is the anti-Knight. "Murray's a good guy and a great teacher," says student Heather Dinich, 21, who welcomes his return...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbal Judo for Beginners | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

Other speakers on the list of finalists included Bono, Bill Cosby, Bill Gates, Bill Murray, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Dan Rather, Dennis Miller, Hilary Clinton, J.K. Rowling, Jerry Seinfeld, John Leguizamo, Maya Angelou and Michael...

Author: By Brendan J. Reed and Eugenia B. Schraa, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Gore, Madonna, Dalai Lama Make List of Class Day Speaker Hopefuls | 12/7/2000 | See Source »

...Radcliffe Institute includes non-degree educational programs along with four major research branches: the Bunting Fellowship Program, the Murray Research Center, the Public Policy Center and the Schlesinger Library...

Author: By Susan J. Marshall, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Radcliffe Organizes History Tour | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

PRENASAL DRIP INVENTOR: MURRAY GROSSAN, M.D. Kids are always sticking stuff up their nose, so they might as well try something good for 'em, right? The Grossan Nasal Irrigator, a (yikes) pulsating nasal douche, attaches to a WaterPik to clean the area where a common cold becomes a raging flu. Yes, a few people have complained of discomfort, but nasal irrigation is a staple of traditional Indian medicine, and it does improve ciliary function and keep sinus tissue moist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Will They Think Of Next? | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

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