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Though an avid reader--Robertson says she enjoys the unabridged version of Clarissa, Samuel Richardson's 1500-page novel-her friends and professors note that she is far from conventionally bookish. Rather, she combines an academic bent with social activism and a piercing, ironic wit...

Author: By Susan D. Wojcicki, | Title: Witty Woman | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

...wit is important to Robertson, who applies her own to all aspects of her world. It can be seen in her academic endeavors--her senior thesis on Lizzie Borden earned her a Hoopes prize, as well as the History and Literature award--as well as in her approach to personal, cultural and philosophical issues...

Author: By Susan D. Wojcicki, | Title: Witty Woman | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

...wondering how long Gorbachev will last, and how he has survived with so many things going so wrong. Those questions, however, were far from his thinking. He was the man at the eye of the storm, supremely confident that he will still be working his will and wit on the world when the thunder and gale- force winds are spent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Summit: The Eye of the Storm | 6/4/1990 | See Source »

...have the highest regard, admiration andaffection for President Bok," Gregorian said. "Iwill miss his wit and charm and intellect...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Higher Ed Surprised By Bok Resignation | 5/29/1990 | See Source »

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES. In just six weeks, $100 million worth of movie- goers have seen this live-action version of the TV cartoon. Were any of them adults? If so, they have seen a dark, plodding melodrama only rarely leavened by wit or derring-do. Heroes on the half shell; hit film on the hard sell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: May 14, 1990 | 5/14/1990 | See Source »

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