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...turned herself into one of the most popular professors at Georgetown's School of Foreign Service. Many of her fellow professors, especially in the blue-blooded government department, may have looked down on her for her thin academic credentials. But the students loved her. "She was like a pied piper," says Peter Krogh, the dean who hired her. "Students flocked to her." They would vote her the best teacher in the School of Foreign Service for a record four years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MANY LIVES OF MADELEINE | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

...Piper Hoffman is a first-year student at Harvard Law School. Ted Sichelman, also a first-year student at the Law School, researched this piece for the Harvard Law School Student Animal Legal Defense Fund...

Author: By Piper Hoffman, | Title: How Will You Vote on Question One? | 11/1/1996 | See Source »

...harpsichord only for the silvery depictions of drunkenness, frantic hunts and feasting of the F major Autumn concerto, Mr. Gibbons adroitly adapted an organ set at modern pitch to the other three seasons' orchestrations. He generously restrained his playing and rightly gave center-stage glory to the spellbinding pied piper figure of Ms. Robison...

Author: By Elisabetta A. Coletti, | Title: Flautist's Fusion Redux of "Seasons" A Success | 10/17/1996 | See Source »

...played the role of pied piper to an unrestrained cheering mob whose behavior must have made the hapless nonwinners feel like the vanquished gladiators in ancient Rome--thumbs down, and bring in the lions! ROSE WONG MACMICHAEL Bradenton, Florida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 26, 1996 | 8/26/1996 | See Source »

...divisive atmosphere still exists, internal morale is lower, communication with students is still poor, and a small fraction of members still do most of the work. This year, we are no better at enacting legislation, demonstrating the need for the president to be a facilitator, not a pied piper. Other candidates are selling an agenda; I am selling leadership. I have great ideas too, but there is more to being president than ideas. Instead of forcing through my agenda, I want to include and empower all members; only then can the council fulfill its potential to improve students' lives...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U.C. Candidate Statements | 4/11/1996 | See Source »

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