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BUDDY EBSEN may be better known as the star of The Beverly Hillbillies and Barnaby Jones than the painter behind such works as Welll Doggies and Welll Kitties. But it's not for a want of application. Now 91, he prolifically turns out seascapes, landscapes and a series called "Uncle Jed Country," based on his Hillbillies character. (Limited editions available, only $100 for a signed lithograph.) Among his inspirations, Ebsen counts the Impressionists and Duke, Jed's canine sidekick. How does he choose his subjects? "I populate my work with animals," he says, "because people like animals." Well, it worked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 8, 1999 | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...were excited," Zimmerman says. "We knew that we had a lot of good young players, and we thought we could do at least as welll as last year...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: Polomen Fail To Win "Big Games" | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

...from strength, and to go on doing as impressively as possible the very kinds of things that in high school they had learned to do well enough. In a highly competitive setting, students may fear to try out things that they haven't done before, or haven't done welll. In other words, the better the educational institution, the more likely it is to give students the feeling that they are incompetent or mediocre, and that they are not really very brilliant--unless they are fantastically talented. If they are only moderately talented, say in the top one-tenth...

Author: By David Riesman, | Title: Peace Corps and After | 12/6/1967 | See Source »

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