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Pompous, New York Times reading, out of touch, excessively talented, soon to be cuff-link wearing, over-achievers. If you wander out of the capsule of academia, you'll find that's what a lot of people think about Harvard students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arrogance Mars Fair Harvard | 3/9/1996 | See Source »

...settle on a bear strategy until next summer, but the Republican establishment has to come up with something long before that. The question of whether to fight back vigorously or play dead is complicated by the fact that this bear, unlike the ones in our woods, didn't just wander...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WITH A BEAR IN MIND | 3/4/1996 | See Source »

Back in November, when no one was taking him very seriously, Forbes might wander off subject and discuss 19th century farming in Nigeria, the infield of the old Brooklyn Dodgers or how in 1820 Americans consumed four times more alcohol on average than they do today. Gone are the self-deprecating gibes about his family business. "I guess you can say I came to the attention of management at an early age," Forbes would say with a grin. His winning quirkiness these days is shielded by a layer of wounded suspicion. When a voter in Earlham, Iowa, asked him whether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BORN TO BE MILD: A RIDE ON THE FORBES BUS | 2/12/1996 | See Source »

...play is not without its flaws. A meandering subplot in which Parker leaves the bar to wander next door is perplexing and distracting, and moments of direct interaction between Robinson and the audience come a bit too frequently. This interaction works when Robinson-as - Parker dedicates a song to a young woman in the audience, but is less successful when he addresses certain audience members as if they were acquaintances and expects them to improvise their half of the dialogue. These minor excesses are not enough to mar the subtle, touching portrait of Parker painted by Robinson's "Live Bird...

Author: By Joyelle H. Mcsweeney, | Title: Playwright Explores Link Between Jazz and Theater | 2/8/1996 | See Source »

...lush number with a lovely piano introduction that gives way to clear, cool vocals by Lorna Harris. The lyrics are lousy, like something John Lennon might have tossed off on a bad day--"You and I/ Like birds we'll fly"--but an invitingly eclectic musical environment is created. Wander in and find yourself transported to a downtown dance floor. In Tibet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: SOLID GOLDIE | 1/29/1996 | See Source »

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