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...back them up. Though currently chair of the Department of Culture and Communication at NYC he's taught in elementary and secondary schools. And the twenty books he's written include studies of both children and education. "The end of education" turns out to be a rather ominous pun: Postman believes that unless the educational system can decide on an "end," it will...

Author: By Nina Kang, | Title: 'End' Infectious, Inspiring | 11/9/1995 | See Source »

...etched on many of the pre-World War II Berlin stories, as well as others written during the '40s and '50s after he immigrated to the U.S. And woe to the poseur whose influence is based solely on personality. From Spring in Fialta: "Lean and arrogant, with some poisonous pun ever ready to fork out and quiver at you, and with a strange look of expectancy in his dull brown veiled eyes, this false wag had, I daresay, an irresistible effect on small rodents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: DIVINITY IN THE DETAILS | 10/30/1995 | See Source »

...operetta is a pre-season treat for G&S fans and a delightful introduction for neophytes. Think of it as a Gilbert and Sullivan sound-bite: 45 minutes of what has brought audiences back for well over a century. Bellow "God Save the Queen," thrill to the pun-ny patter, roll your eyes at the ending and still make it home in time for the post-trial wrap-up shows...

Author: By Sorelle B. Braun, | Title: The Trial of Sir Arthur's Century | 10/5/1995 | See Source »

This being Harvard, the majority of us stumble back to our rooms with a possible detour to Noke's. We feel a sense of frustration and boredom at another wasted night (no pun intended) and are left with the overwhelming realization that the Grille is essentially, as one Harvard student put it, a "necessary evil...

Author: By Erica S. Schacter, | Title: Kill the Grille's Monopoly | 10/2/1995 | See Source »

...current Harlem store-owner and hater of thieves drug-dealers, and white people. After saving McClane's life early in the movie, Zeus comes along for the ride, helping McClane to solve the riddles and do the things that "Simon says." (The film-makers are careful to use every pun and nursery rhyme they can think of with the name Simon...

Author: By Benjamin Cavell, | Title: `DIE HARD' LIVES AGAIN | 5/26/1995 | See Source »

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