| 单词 | Thurber |
| 例句 | Several centuries of great writers—Milton, Shakespeare, Pope, Swift, Johnson, Austen, Thurber, Faulkner, Baldwin—have voted with their pens, and the answer is yes. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Thurber was once asked by a correspondent: “Why did you have a comma in the sentence, ‘After dinner, the men went into the living-room’?” Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z “This particular comma,” Thurber explained, “was Ross’s way of giving the men time to push back their chairs and stand up.” Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z But Ross, it seems, was unmoved by sarcasm, and in the end Thurber simply had to resign himself to Ross’s way of thinking. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Thurber, by self-appointed virtuous contrast, saw commas as so many upturned office chairs unhelpfully hurled down the wide-open corridor of readability. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z When the humorist James Thurber was writing for New Yorker editor Harold Ross in the 1930s and 1940s, the two men often had very strong words about commas. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Had life suddenly become a crazy Thurber cartoon? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The actress, comic, television host and author of memoirs including the New York Times bestseller and Thurber Prize finalist “I See You Made An Effort” instead describes her genre as “self-hurt.” WATCH: Author Annabelle Gurwitch on the inescapable bonds of family 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z The movie will be screened with a short, James Thurber’s “Unicorn in the Garden.” Spare Times for Children, for Jan. 25-31 2013-01-24T22:45:09Z Doris Thurber, an artist in Frankfurt, Kentucky, started a program for women now called “Yes Arts” four years ago after the overdose death of her 27-year-old daughter, Maya Rose. In Appalachia, Crafting a Road to Recovery With Dulcimer Strings 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z That’s where I first picked up a copy of “Is Sex Necessary?” by E. B. White and James Thurber. The Best Book Jill Lepore Ever Got as a Present Is One She Hates 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Directed by Stiller, from a screenplay by Steven Conrad, based on the short story by James Thurber. ‘Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ best left to fantasy 2013-12-20T00:13:01Z When Ms. Thurber was a teenager, she won a scholarship to a nearby prep school. From Three Troubled Lives, a Play and a New Family 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z “Though he has transformed himself physically, inside he’s the same guy,” Mr. Thurber added. ‘Central Intelligence,’ Buddy Cops and the Art of Mismatched Pairs 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z “It’s hard to put something new into the mix,” Mr. Thurber said. ‘Central Intelligence,’ Buddy Cops and the Art of Mismatched Pairs 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z “Jeannette Thurber herself said that bringing Dvorak here was the greatest source of pride in her 35-odd-year career at the conservatory,” she said. The Deal That Brought Dvorak to New York 2013-08-23T21:36:42Z In October, his essay collection "Half Empty" won the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Acclaimed humorist David Rakoff dies at 47 2012-08-10T16:05:12Z The passage of five years has only slightly brightened the future for Ms. Thurber’s heroine in “Ashville.” Theater Review: Thurber’s ‘Hill Town Plays’ Are Produced by Rattlestick 2013-09-06T02:00:01Z Rawson Marshall Thurber is a tremendous fellow, an excellent director, a cinephile, a storyteller, and beyond all of that is just a guy that you realize loved watching movies growing up. "Red Notice" star Chris Diamantopoulos swears he wasn't trying to break up Jim and Pam 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Ms. Thurber — the fertile author of “The Hill Town Plays,” a five-work cycle portraying blue collar lives in rural New England — was herself a scholarship student, at Sarah Lawrence College. Review: ‘Transfers’ and the Anguished Art of the College Interview 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z There the Wortmans kept up their connection to New York with a stream of visitors — Reginald Marsh, Rube Goldberg, James Thurber, Jackson Pollock, James Cagney and others. Gotham Chronicle: Sharp Eye, and Pencil 2010-11-19T20:43:00Z She named a dog Thurber, after James Thurber, the New Yorker humor writer. A New Biography of Janis Joplin Captures the Pain and Soul of an Adventurous Life 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Ms. Thurber, 48, who has known them since they were teenagers, joined them for a latte. From Three Troubled Lives, a Play and a New Family 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z His streamlined, sketchily drawn style showed the influence of earlier New Yorker cartoonists such as James Thurber, Otto Soglow and Saul Steinberg. Charles Barsotti, New Yorker cartoonist known for his simplicity, dies at 80 These slim books by New Yorker contributor and Thurber Prize winner are packed full of laugh-out-loud poems that are all too relatable if you are married with kids — or just married. Review | The best books to beat this year’s special brand of Valentine’s Day blues 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z But you can find plenty of other contemporary examples, like Samuel D. Hunter and Lucy Thurber, who convey quiet desperation in the provinces with varied pitch and shadings. Review: ‘Card and Gift,’ Set in a Seldom-Patronized Shop 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z Since then, Ms. Thurber has largely avoided productions of her plays in which she is not involved. You Wrote the Play. Can You Let It Go? 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z I got a first edition Thurber for my birthday this year, and that was the last book to make me laugh out loud when I reread it. Fran Lebowitz: By the Book 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z In some ways, that’s a return to the roots of the magazine, which began as a Jazz Age humor publication that championed James Thurber, Robert Benchley and Charles Addams, and helped define comedy for decades. At The New Yorker, the Cartoonists Draw, but the Vision Is Hers 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z “Next time I’ll write a play for you with a longer shelf life,” Ms. Thurber said. From Three Troubled Lives, a Play and a New Family 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z He attended the Bronx High School of Science, where he wrote a humor column for the newspaper, modeling himself on S. J. Perelman and James Thurber. John Hollander, Poet Known for His Range, Dies at 83 2013-08-18T22:06:10Z Gay, along with Harrison Scott Key and Mary Norris, have been named finalists for the 2016 Thurber Prize for American Humor. 3 finalists announced for Thurber Prize for American Humor 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Ben Stiller stars in an adaptation of the classic James Thurber story James Thurber’s 1939 short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty was so evocative that its title character became a dictionary entry. Today’s Movie Trailer: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 2013-07-30T19:03:53Z I got kicked out of class in third grade reading Thurber. Fran Lebowitz: By the Book 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Hely's modestly titled novel, "How I Became a Famous Novelist," was awarded the 2010 Thurber Prize for American Humor on Monday night. `Office' writer Steve Hely wins Thurber prize 2010-10-05T02:31:00Z Not Thurber’s feckless Everyman or Kaye’s holy fool, but a sad, decent guy in need of protection and love. Movie Review: ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ Stars Ben Stiller 2013-12-24T18:27:55Z That’s the challenge that Ms. Thurber, the director Jackson Gay and their five-member cast are trying to overcome here, using the theater’s license for empathic eloquence to bridge the gaps among social strata. Review: ‘Transfers’ and the Anguished Art of the College Interview 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z But in her quest to give her different dissident voices equal time and equal weight, Ms. Thurber forsakes a persuasive dramatic through line to create what feels like a crowded and noisy op-ed page. Review: ‘The Insurgents’ Stars Cassie Beck in a Lucy Thurber Drama 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z I called Lucy Thurber, who had this festival of her plays at Rattlestick. With the Volt Festival, the Playwright Karen Hartman Comes Home 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z In October, his essay collection “Half Empty” won the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Author and Humorist David Rakoff Dies at 47 2012-08-10T16:20:08Z I was trying to learn how to write comedy, so I made sure to read all the big names: Robert Benchley, James Thurber, P.G. Simon Rich: By the Book 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z “If you don’t have heart, then you don’t care about the characters,” said Mr. Thurber, who added that he first saw sweetness enter the genre with the 2012 hit “21 Jump Street.” ‘Central Intelligence,’ Buddy Cops and the Art of Mismatched Pairs 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z True, you cannot help rooting for Ms. Thurber’s heroine eventually to slip free of the bonds that, despite her intellectual ambition, keep pulling her back to her hometown. Theater Review: Thurber’s ‘Hill Town Plays’ Are Produced by Rattlestick 2013-09-06T02:00:01Z Ms. Manning seems to think that “Is Sex Necessary?” was some kind of self-help book and not a parody by James Thurber and E. B. White. 'When Books Went to War’ by Molly Guptill Manning 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Ms. Thurber recalled a version of “Scarcity” in which “the director literally inserted staging moments and musical moments and put characters into scenes where they weren’t.” You Wrote the Play. Can You Let It Go? 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z I sat there tracing Thurber’s amorphous shapes; his people were easy to trace, because of the simple lines. How I Became a New Yorker Cartoonist 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z All playwrights draw on their lived experience, but Ms. Thurber uses her own life more than most. From Three Troubled Lives, a Play and a New Family 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z It was followed by two additional essay collections: "Don't Get Too Comfortable," published in 2005, and "Half Empty," which was released in 2010 and went on to win the Thurber Prize for American Humor. ArtsBeat: David Rakoff, Humorist and Essayist, Dies at 47 2012-08-10T14:35:49Z There are brief sketches of White's relationship with Harold Ross, the editor, and with James Thurber. The Story of Charlotte's Web by Michael Sims - review 2011-08-03T15:30:01Z I also loved anything written by James Thurber. Katie Couric Likes Books on Paper, and Articles Onscreen 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z He calls this grab bag, which includes Benjamin Franklin, Damon Runyon and James Thurber, “a strange collection of geniuses, worldly failures, drunks, misfits, cripples and gifted idiots.” Books of The Times: Laughing Matters: Discuss 2010-12-07T23:00:00Z James Thurber drew the definitive versions of such men, but you can still find them on the pages of The New Yorker today. | 'Trust': Zach Braff Stars as a New Millionaire 2010-08-13T04:00:00Z The Panic of 1893 soon ate into the Thurber family fortune, and the promised payments to Dvorak became irregular. The Deal That Brought Dvorak to New York 2013-08-23T21:36:42Z In Lucy Thurber’s play, directed by Jackson Gay, two young men are vying for a place in spite of present circumstances and past actions. 15 Plays and Musicals to Go to in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Goldwyn’s grandfather Samuel found a hit in 1947 by adapting Thurber’s story for the screen. ‘Walter Mitty’ Producer John Goldwyn Feels the Pressure 2013-12-23T22:57:14Z The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Ben Stiller stars in and directs this 2013 update of James Thurber's story about a milquetoast who's an adventurous hero in his own mind. Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk Shows 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Two new plays, “Transfers,” by Lucy Thurber, and “The Wolves,” by Sarah DeLappe, will receive fully staged productions. Vassar’s Powerhouse Season to Include Taylor Mac 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Ms. Thurber, who eventually left the high school, stayed in touch, recruiting them first for MCC’s youth company and then bringing them to Middle Voice, the apprentice company she formed at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. From Three Troubled Lives, a Play and a New Family 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z James Thurber nicknamed her “the girl with the built-in tape recorder,” for her uncanny ear for dialogue. Lillian Ross’s (Many) Choice Words 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z ‘The Insurgents’ This small but mightily ambitious town-hall play by Lucy Thurber locates the state of an angry, racially divided nation in a dilapidated kitchen in New Hampshire. Theater Listings for March 6-12 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Deadline reports that McKean will play an all-new character, Dr. Thurber, describing him as “a brilliant attorney who is now restricted by an unusual affliction.” Better Call Saul Casts Its First Non-Breaking Bad Alum 2014-05-01T16:08:30Z But the Bronx Academy of Letters took him and Mr. Lambie, who met Ms. Thurber as a freshman. From Three Troubled Lives, a Play and a New Family 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z It is not always easy to know exactly what Mr. Thurber means. When William Faulkner and Langston Hughes Wrote Children’s Books 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z And Ms. Thurber draws convincing and disturbing parallels among disparate people — black and white, past and present — who all feel they’ve been cheated and marginalized. Review: ‘The Insurgents’ Stars Cassie Beck in a Lucy Thurber Drama 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z This view James Thurber immortalized in his brilliant incursion into alternate history, “If Grant Had Been Drinking at Appomattox.” Review | Ulysses S. Grant, perennially misunderstood, gets a thorough re-examination 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z His Emmy was awarded for his performance in sitcom My World and Welcome to It, based on the work of cartoonist James Thurber. Actor William Windom 'dies at 88' 2012-08-20T12:03:02Z As for James Thurber, among his works is a short story from 1931, the title of which would please Trump because he’d think it was about him — “The Greatest Man in the World.” Please shut up, Mr. President, and read some books 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z In Mr. Thurber’s case, happily, such caution is unnecessary. When William Faulkner and Langston Hughes Wrote Children’s Books 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z I also found the music, by Michael Thurber, distracting rather than enhancing, with hokey, maudlin strings and piano used too heavily between scenes. ‘Richard II’ Review: A Radio King With a Tottering Crown 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z “Abandon all decorum, ye who enter here” might be the local slogan, in the ornery vision of impoverished small-town life depicted by Ms. Thurber. Theater Review: Thurber’s ‘Hill Town Plays’ Are Produced by Rattlestick 2013-09-06T02:00:01Z She also enjoyed augmenting her poetry with scratchy, child-like drawings, such that “All the Poems; Stevie Smith” — a definitive collection — looks as if it were decorated by Edward Lear or James Thurber. Michael Dirda on the misunderstood poet Stevie Smith 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z There’s a lot of Ms. Thurber in here, too, including the loss of the grandmother “and other secret things,” she said. From Three Troubled Lives, a Play and a New Family 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z She met Mr. Rosado first, when his older sister dragged him to after-school rehearsals for the drama club at the Bronx Academy of Letters, a club then led by Ms. Thurber. From Three Troubled Lives, a Play and a New Family 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Both EB White and James Thurber wrote for The New Yorker magazine: White was a consummate essayist and children’s book author — "Charlotte’s Web," "Stuart Little" and "The Trumpet of the Swan." Please shut up, Mr. President, and read some books 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Just as blandly ominous were Arlene Sierra’s music and Lucy Thurber’s libretto for “Faustine,” a feminist retelling of the Faust story. Critic?s Notebook: At Vox Festival, Future of City Opera Sounds All Too Familiar 2011-05-16T21:55:57Z Thurber was a grandmaster of the short story — perhaps best known for “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” — and his often absurd and acerbic cartoons. Please shut up, Mr. President, and read some books 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Doris Thurber, an artist in Frankfort, Ky., started a program for women now called “Yes Arts” four years ago after the overdose death of her 27 year-old daughter, Maya Rose. In Appalachia, Crafting a Road to Recovery With Dulcimer Strings 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z If no violence has occurred by the evening’s end — and this play is mostly all talk — Ms. Thurber still wants us to leave braced for the fire next time. Review: ‘The Insurgents’ Stars Cassie Beck in a Lucy Thurber Drama 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z “Transfers” considers the plight of students who, however intelligent, may not be “ready academically or socially,” as Ms. Thurber puts it, for the education they’ve been taught to want. Off Broadway’s Spring Semester: Five New Plays About School 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z But unlike most of Ms. Thurber’s previous work, in which we infer the macrocosm from the microcosm, “The Insurgents” plants us firmly within the frame of a big picture. Review: ‘The Insurgents’ Stars Cassie Beck in a Lucy Thurber Drama 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z The star of the show was clearly Murray, who recited the likes of Whitman, Hemingway and Thurber and belted songs by Bernstein and Gershwin. Review | With Bill Murray, crossing a bridge from America past to America present 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z The play, like most of Ms. Thurber’s work, melds fiction and polemic with biography and autobiography. From Three Troubled Lives, a Play and a New Family 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z But he resembles Bowie — in James Thurber’s phrase — about as much as the MGM lion resembles Calvin Coolidge. ‘Stardust’ Review: A Week With David Bowie, Unaccompanied by His Music 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z Perhaps Mr. Thurber means that things are what you want them to be. When William Faulkner and Langston Hughes Wrote Children’s Books 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Thurber asked permission for every anecdote and detail she borrowed. From Three Troubled Lives, a Play and a New Family 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a short story by the US humourist James Thurber, first published in the New Yorker magazine in 1939. Sacha Baron Cohen tipped for Walter Mitty remake 2010-04-19T14:14:00Z He subsequently toured the country with a solo show based on Thurber’s works. William Windom, Emmy Winner and TV Everyman, Dies at 88 2012-08-19T19:20:06Z It’s a very funny story and an insightful one, for Thurber shows how closely Shakespeare’s tragedy follows the contours of detective fiction. Jo Nesbo Sculpts ‘Macbeth’ Into Shadowy Crime Noir 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z The season will begin with Ms. Thurber’s new play, “Bottom of the World,” about a woman coming to grips with the death of her sister. Atlantic Theater Company Announces New Season 2010-07-12T18:00:00Z Around this time, the philanthropist Jeannette Thurber invited Dvorak to become director of her new National Conservatory in New York. Did Dvorak’s ‘New World’ Symphony Transform American Music? 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z In Lucy Thurber’s new play, produced by Labyrinth Theater Company, Cassie Beck stars as a troubled woman who communes with McVeigh, Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman and other rebel figures. Theater Listings for Feb. 20-26 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z My father brought me up on collections of work written by the magazine’s best-known writers: S. J. Perelman, Joseph Mitchell, A. J. Liebling, James Thurber. Fade Out 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z "That's the whole emotional storyline that plays throughout the film, which is, we get four people who get into this adventure and this quest for their own reasons," Thurber said. 'We're the Millers' subverts family to construct it 2013-08-05T15:14:02Z Forget the lily ponds; Čapek is the Thurber of compost. Wit and cow dung: What more could you possibly want? A Gardening Book for Those Who Hate Gardening Books 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Walter Mitty, a fictional character from a 1939 short story by James Thurber, defines a person not comfortable in his own skin or surroundings, alienated by idealistic aspirations. Social alienation proves popular in Hollywood's fall lineup 2013-10-23T13:02:18Z With “Dear Committee Members,” she became the first woman to win the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Review | Irritated by tweedy academic types? Read this wonderful campus comedy. 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z But in that vein, it's more scattered and unsatisfying than previous New Yorker memoirs by such insiders as Brendan Gill and James Thurber. 'The Receptionist:' an extra-literary education at The New Yorker 2012-07-03T21:01:06Z There was a time when America’s greatest writers, wits and humorists were known by their last names: Parker, Benchley, Thurber and, breaking the comedy rule of three, Perelman. S.J. Perelman was a master of comedy. Nearly a century later, his work still delivers laughs. 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z A second series, beginning on July 25, offers plays from Robert O’Hara, Stella Fawn Ragsdale and Lucy Thurber. Theater Listings for July 17-23 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z In 1955, James Thurber, whose peerless wit made him one of the most important American writers of the 20th century, recounted the following exchange: They're on strike, but these writers are finding ways to write and create 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z His Japanese translation of “The Last Flower,” a 1939 parable of war and peace by American humorist and former New Yorker cartoonist James Thurber, will be released later this month from Poplar Sha. Author Haruki Murakami says pandemic, war in Ukraine create walls that divide people 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z His mother’s subscription to the New Yorker introduced him to the intentionally pared-down cartooning styles of James Thurber and Saul Steinberg. Lee Lorenz, New Yorker cartoonist who cultivated new talent, dies at 90 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z James Thurber, an author, historian, and professor who founded American University’s Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, said Biden faces a similar challenge to past presidents trying to persuade a skeptical electorate. As Biden turns toward midterms, he may not be the top surrogate 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z Highlights from this shop that sells work by local artists include Heidi Chamberlain’s folksy linoleum print cards and Ben Thurber’s pen-and-ink sketches of rural Vermont life. Vermont’s Lake Champlain Islands offer a sweet, summery slice of mellow 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z “I never quite know when I’m not writing. Sometimes my wife comes up to me at a party and says, ‘Dammit, Thurber, stop writing.’ They're on strike, but these writers are finding ways to write and create 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z In The Unlikely Art of Parental Pressure, Christopher Thurber and Hendrie Weisinger write, "Loving, well-intentioned parents from all over the world are applying unhealthy pressure." Sprinting upstream: The incredible pressure faced by college-bound high schoolers 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z In New York, Dvorak had a class full of Black students whom philanthropist Jeannette Thurber recruited on scholarship. Review | He saw a ‘noble’ future for Black and Indigenous composers. He was wrong. 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z “When you have the No. 1 movie, it’s a great feeling but it also drives conversation,” Mr. Thurber said. Netflix Turns Its Attention to Films It Hopes Everyone Wants to See 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z “Skyscraper” Hear me out: What if “Skyscraper,” the 2018 high-rise action thriller that last paired writer-director Thurber with Johnson after they first worked together on “Central Intelligence,” is actually good? Over a dozen better action flicks Netflix's 'Red Notice' will remind you of 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z The writers’ strike, now in its third month, has done for the thousands of members of the Writers Guild of America what Mrs. Thurber had demanded of her husband — forced them to stop writing. They're on strike, but these writers are finding ways to write and create 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z “It doesn’t help McAuliffe if the Democrats are not getting something done that they promised to get done at the national level,” said Jim Thurber, a government professor at American University. McAuliffe’s election anxiety manifesting in media dustups, campaign cash scrounging in final stretch 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Jim Thurber, a political science professor at American University, said the gridlock on Capitol Hill has drained enthusiasm in the Virginia race. Democrats’ struggles in Congress sap enthusiasm for McAuliffe in Virginia 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Jim Thurber, professor of government at American University, said the RSC’s size and scope give it leverage in the House, comparing it to the influence of the Congressional Progressive Caucus in the Democratic Party. House conservatives cast influential sway in whipping GOP against infrastructure bill 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Made for a reported $70 million, it cost half the rumored price tag of “Red Notice,” which spent at least that much on the salaries of Johnson, Reynolds, Gadot and Thurber. Over a dozen better action flicks Netflix's 'Red Notice' will remind you of 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z “Maybe the function is temporarily good,” Vega Thurber says. Will Probiotics Save Corals or Harm Them? 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Carson Thurber, the head of school, was equally effusive. The Virus Sent Droves to a Small Town. Suddenly, It’s Not So Small. 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z “People are turned off, and therefore, turnout will go down. And that’s why you’ve got people, very prominent Democrats, like Obama, coming over there to campaign to try to get people excited,” Mr. Thurber said. Democrats’ struggles in Congress sap enthusiasm for McAuliffe in Virginia 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z “I think it’s the most important legislative caucus,” Mr. Thurber said. House conservatives cast influential sway in whipping GOP against infrastructure bill 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z It was 1882 when a white mob broke Thurber out of courthouse jail, dragged him several blocks and hung him from a railroad bridge near the Red River. Grand Forks to hold memorial for Black man lynched in 1882 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z “It sounds so radical,” says Rebecca Vega Thurber, a marine microbial ecologist at Oregon State University. Will Probiotics Save Corals or Harm Them? 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z There is no question about my favorite line of the week, which is so good James Thurber might have written it. Which League Is Best? The One Your Team Is In 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z “Since he’s gotten in so late, he’s got to pay above-market salaries to get good people to jump in at all levels,” Dr. Thurber said. The Bloomberg Campaign Is a Waterfall of Cash 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Thurber said the caucus, under Mr. Banks, has been able to modernize, emphasizing on digital communications and strategic messaging that’s given it increased authority in the GOP conference. House conservatives cast influential sway in whipping GOP against infrastructure bill 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z After George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis, Ferguson felt like it was the right time to hold a memorial for Thurber. Grand Forks to hold memorial for Black man lynched in 1882 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z James A. Thurber, a political-science professor at American University, described Trump’s latest actions to “altering the Ten Commandments of environmental policy.” Analysis: Trump’s Move Against Landmark Environmental Law Caps a Relentless Agenda 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z For Zuckerberg and the Democrats, “it may be a nasty divorce,” said James Thurber, a professor of government at American University who founded its Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies. From toast of town to toxic: Facebook CEO on outs with Dems 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z James A. Thurber, a professor of government who founded the Campaign Management Institute at American University, said money was an unlikely motivator in campaign work, but he called some of Mr. Bloomberg’s spending necessary. The Bloomberg Campaign Is a Waterfall of Cash 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z “I think the committee has become more modern than it was 20 years ago or something, and he’s part of that,” Mr. Thurber said. House conservatives cast influential sway in whipping GOP against infrastructure bill 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Thurber said he was innocent and that he had consensual relationship with one of the women. Grand Forks to hold memorial for Black man lynched in 1882 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Paolino Properties and Mutual Properties 14 Thurber LLC are suing, claiming the state received five bids but unlawfully abandoned the bid process to cut a deal in Cranston with Dean Warehouse Services. Elections board to vote on new headquarters despite lawsuit 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Thurber called Zuckerberg’s backstage celebrity approach to lobbying efforts “very dangerous.” From toast of town to toxic: Facebook CEO on outs with Dems 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Dr. Thurber, the American University professor, said that self-funding a campaign could make it difficult to know a candidate’s true popularity. The Bloomberg Campaign Is a Waterfall of Cash 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z “The longer they wait, the more difficult it will be to keep the Republicans that say they’re going to vote for it in the fold,” Mr. Thurber said. House conservatives cast influential sway in whipping GOP against infrastructure bill 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Also this week, Sarah talks with Caitlin Thurber, a biologist at Nassau Community College in Garden City, New York, about a hard limit on human endurance. The limits on human endurance, and a new type of LED 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Despite that, Vega Thurber is excited about this latest marine-virus data set. Hundreds of thousands of marine viruses discovered in world's oceans 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z His book “Big Kiss,” an account of his attempts to become a working actor, won a Thurber Prize for American Humor. Reading Nook: Henry Alford on Cervantes, the floor and me 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z As a child, Van Doren played word games with the philosopher Adler and humorist James Thurber, who lived near the family’s 150-acre farm in Cornwall, Conn. Charles Van Doren, central figure in 1950s quiz show scandal, dies at 93 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z American University professor James Thurber told the Times that this was a “clear case of violating the ethics code and a clear conflict of interest.” Trump's Interior secretary pick kept lobbying for industry client after promising to stop 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z A witness told police Powell taunted Thurber while shooting him several times. Man found guilty of murder in 2017 Kansas City shooting 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z “This is a clear case of violating the ethics code, and a clear conflict of interest,” said James Thurber, who teaches a course on ethics and lobbying at American University in Washington. Top Leader at Interior Dept. Pushes a Policy Favoring His Former Client 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z “That trigger, in the case of this paper, seems to be temperature,” Dr. Vega Thurber said. Scientists Single Out a Suspect in Starfish Carnage: Warming Oceans 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z “I guess they were here to party,” the event manager, Wade Thurber, said. The Anti-Sports Personality of the Year awards 2018 | Simon Burnton 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z The Thurber House literary center and museum awards the prize each year. Memoirist who wrote about priest dad wins Thurber prize 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Court records say a witness told police the shooting occurred after a woman believed to be Riffle visited Thurber to retrieve a handgun. Man found guilty of murder in 2017 Kansas City shooting 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z When the magazine was launched, in February, 1925, it published some sparkling voices—Robert Benchley, E. B. White, James Thurber, Dorothy Parker—but it barely made it to 1926. The City That Shaped The New Yorker 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z “You would think it’s a serious event,” Thurber told the Calgary Herald. Curling kerfuffle gives us yet another reason to like this peculiar sport 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z “I’ve seen brooms broken before, smash marks in the ice,” Thurber said. The Anti-Sports Personality of the Year awards 2018 | Simon Burnton 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z The house is the boyhood home of humorist James Thurber. Memoirist who wrote about priest dad wins Thurber prize 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Fry was, Thurber says, “past the point of taking advice from anybody”. Beers on ice: Canadian curlers show why sport and alcohol don’t mix well | Andy Bull 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z It was, Thurber wrote later, in “The Years with Ross,” “the outstanding flop of 1925, a year of memorable successes in literature, music, and entertainment.” The City That Shaped The New Yorker 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z Mr Thurber also said there was "some damage in the locker room", and as a result they were disqualified. 'Drunk' curlers kicked out of tournament 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Curling center manager Wade Thurber told The Canadian Press on Monday the team also damaged the locker room. Disruptive curling team ejected from Alberta tournament 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Thurber said the team may be banned from the tournament in the future. 'They were breaking brooms': Olympic curler's team kicked out for drunkenness 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z “They went out to curl,” Thurber said, “and they were extremely drunk.” Beers on ice: Canadian curlers show why sport and alcohol don’t mix well | Andy Bull 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z In the 1930s, humorist James Thurber wrote a popular essay called “What If Grant Were Drunk at Appomattox?” Trump called Ulysses S. Grant an alcoholic. Here’s what historians say about that. 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Her 2014 “Dear Committee Members,” starring the irascible English professor Jason Fitger, was the best campus satire in years, winning the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Shakespeare is at the center of Julie Schumacher's witty new academic satire 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z The film’s writer and director Rawson Marshall Thurber called it “incredibly important” to represent the amputee community. Dwayne Johnson honors amputee community with ‘Skyscraper’ 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z The Times spoke with Johnson and Thurber about the challenge of trying to bring back the old-school action movie in today’s era of Rotten Tomatoes scores, generally dwindling movie-star drawing power and comic-book franchise overkill. Dwayne Johnson and Rawson Marshall Thurber on 'Skyscraper' and the state of Hollywood 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z “He broke some brooms, there was foul language,” Thurber explained. Beers on ice: Canadian curlers show why sport and alcohol don’t mix well | Andy Bull 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z The high court on Friday upheld the capital murder conviction of Justin Eugene Thurber but returned his case to a lower court for another review of whether he’s developmentally disabled. Kansas court avoids ruling on execution for student’s death 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z A mystery also remains: the James Thurber murals traveled to the final Costello’s address and remained there, but they disappeared sometime in the 1990s, and what exactly happened to them is unclear. The Sistine Chapel of Comic-Strip Art 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z On Monday, Lucy Thurber’s play “Transfers’’ made its debut Off Broadway and proved so popular it quickly received an extended run. A Playwright of Poverty Rejects ‘Hard Luck Porn’ 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Thurber: When I was in post-production on “Central Intelligence,” I saw “Creed,” and I loved it. Dwayne Johnson and Rawson Marshall Thurber on 'Skyscraper' and the state of Hollywood 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Wade Thurber, the manager of Red Deer Curling Centre, put a point on it in an interview with CBC. Beers on ice: Canadian curlers show why sport and alcohol don’t mix well | Andy Bull 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z The trial judge rejected the defense’s request for a hearing on whether Thurber is developmentally disabled, ruling that the defense hadn’t presented enough evidence to warrant it. Kansas court avoids ruling on execution for student’s death 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Rosemary Thurber, 86, who manages her father’s estate and could remember visiting Costello’s with him, also could not account for the missing drawings. The Sistine Chapel of Comic-Strip Art 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Ms. Thurber, the Obie-award winning writer of “The Hill Town Plays,” grew up in rural poverty in New England and drew in part on her own experiences navigating the world of higher education. A Playwright of Poverty Rejects ‘Hard Luck Porn’ 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Thurber: For me, I was really excited to show Dwayne in a way he hasn’t been seen before. Dwayne Johnson and Rawson Marshall Thurber on 'Skyscraper' and the state of Hollywood 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z That “extremely” Thurber used really needs some clarification. Beers on ice: Canadian curlers show why sport and alcohol don’t mix well | Andy Bull 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z “Where you have a more competitive situation you have more incentive to get along,” said Professor James Thurber of American University. Senators cling to a fading custom Trump’s Washington 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z James Thurber did live in Falls Church, but he wasn’t James Thurber the author then. Perspective | Why is there a street in Falls Church, Va., named after James Thurber? 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z “Obama certainly had critical things to say about Trump when he was running, and both of the Bushes said they weren’t going to vote for Trump,” said James Thurber, a presidential scholar. In the face of Trump's attacks, Obama and other ex-presidents remain silent 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Thurber: It was kind of hand in glove. Dwayne Johnson and Rawson Marshall Thurber on 'Skyscraper' and the state of Hollywood 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Rediscovered by James Thurber in 1937, he was the subject of a “cruelly patronizing New Yorker profile in the magazine’s ‘Where are They Now?’ series.” Review | Of course your kid’s a genius — but be careful what you wish for 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Thurber House, the boyhood home of Thurber, serves as a literary center and museum in Columbus. Thurber humor prize moving from New York City to Ohio 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Thurber always believed that his injury was not treated soon enough or properly. Perspective | Why is there a street in Falls Church, Va., named after James Thurber? 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z “But we haven’t heard from them since he became president, and the reasoning is that they have respect for the office of the presidency,” Thurber said. In the face of Trump's attacks, Obama and other ex-presidents remain silent 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Thurber: That was one of the big lessons I learned from working with Dwayne: It’s audience first, always and almost only. Dwayne Johnson and Rawson Marshall Thurber on 'Skyscraper' and the state of Hollywood 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z “People knew what was in it,” says James Thurber, political scientist who founded American University’s Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies. Then and now: Why 1986 tax bill was everything 2017’s isn’t 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Each year, it awards the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Thurber humor prize moving from New York City to Ohio 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z “It’s night and day,” between the Trump and Obama administrations, said James Thurber, a professor in the public affairs school at American University, who studies lobbying and its effects. 'Open Sesame:' Lobbyists cheer warmer welcome in Trump White House 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z “More and more, foreign countries turn to lobbyists to do work that diplomats once did themselves,” said James Thurber, a government professor at American University who studies lobbying. Powerful lobbyist Tony Podesta steps down amid Mueller’s Russia probe 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z One of her New Yorker colleagues, humorist James Thurber, called her “the girl with the built-in tape recorder” for her ability to capture dialogue with pen and paper. Lillian Ross, New Yorker journalist who helped create the nonfiction novel, dies at 99 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z As American humorist and observer James Thurber noted, “There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.” Opinion | The future looks grim for Virginia Republicans 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Now, the organization says it’s moving the awards ceremony to Columbus ahead of next year’s celebration of the 125th anniversary of Thurber’s birth and Thurber House’s 35th anniversary. Thurber humor prize moving from New York City to Ohio 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z “It’s night and day,” between the Trump and Obama administrations, said James Thurber, a professor in the public affairs school at American University, who studies lobbying and its effects. 'Open Sesame:' Lobbyists cheer warmer welcome in Trump White House 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z “His tweet is bizarre and unprecedented,” said James A. Thurber, the founder and former director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University in Washington. With the Trump White House, a New Bar for Outrage 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Schumacher, 58, won the Thurber Prize for American Humor for “Dear Committee Members,” a comic series of imagined and increasingly desperate letters of recommendation from a hapless professor at a small Midwestern college. Minnesota prof’s coloring book pokes fun at college life 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Associated Press writer David Thurber in Bangkok, Thailand, contributed to this report. Setting aside human rights, Trump courts Asian leaders 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z I walked up and down the aisles of art books, history books, books on animal behavior, old children’s stories, James Thurber cartoons and anything else that seemed to need a good home. Finding a Familiar Signature 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z “My World—And Welcome to It” is another good fit, if only James Thurber hadn’t gotten there first. David Shields’ new essay collection showcases 35 years of endless curiosity 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z “It is rare,” said James A. Thurber, the director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University. E.P.A. Workers Try to Block Pruitt in Show of Defiance 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z “Ask if they have ever been arrested,” Thurber suggested. 7 safety tips to remember for online dating 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z “He doesn’t seem like the type to serve on boards of corporations,” Thurber said. How the wealthy Obamas could become wealthier 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z De Vries wrote to James Thurber, “When Emily had no longer any spine left she supported herself on her sternum.” The Film J. D. Salinger Nearly Made 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Previous winners include inventor Thomas Edison, journalist and author James Thurber and golfer Jack Nicklaus. Nominees sought for 2017 class of “Great Ohioans” 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Hull, who now lives in Broken Arrow, gets together with Thurber about once every two weeks to catch up. Adopted siblings reunite after 5 decades 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Talking by phone will help you get a feel for the person, Thurber said. 7 safety tips to remember for online dating 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Alex Thurber, who is in charge of devices at the company, told the BBC that a new handset featuring a physical keyboard would be released within six months. Blackberry not giving up on smartphones - BBC News 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Rushing into decisions when you're received an inheritance is a strategic error you can't afford, says Brad Thurber, senior vice president and financial advisor with D.A. How to Invest an Inheritance for a Comfortable Retirement 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The awards are presented by Thurber House, a nonprofit-organization based in Columbus, Ohio, hometown for the late author and cartoonist James Thurber. Harrison Scott Key wins $5,000 James Thurber prize for humor 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Thurber was 4 years old and Hull, the oldest of the bunch, was 5, when they were given up for adoption. Adopted siblings reunite after 5 decades 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z “Ask as many questions as you can to vet them … even ask some awkward questions,” says Thurber. 7 safety tips to remember for online dating 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z “The way many jurisdictions are going is to follow the German model,” said Mark C. Thurber, associate director for research at Stanford University’s Program on Energy and Sustainable Development. The Challenge of Cutting Coal Dependence 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Short of that, Dr. Thurber added, the phalanx of military and civilian advisers around the president might informally restrain him from making certain rash decisions. Fearful and Flummoxed: Watching the Presidential Race From Abroad 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Its population hovers between 200 and 250, and the Greystone Castle hunting ranch, visible from Interstate 20 to the south - near the ghost town of Thurber - may be the most visible landmark in the area. How a barroom shooting led to a new state park in West Texas 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Thurber and her four siblings were given up for adoption after their mother, Rose, called the Department of Human Services one day unbeknownst to their father, Kenneth, who was at work. Adopted siblings reunite after 5 decades 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z “We are the most important nation in the world economically, and most powerful militarily,” said James Thurber, a presidential historian at American University. The Dallas shooting and the NATO summit combine to test Obama and the reach of presidential influence 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z “There is not much research into backing out coal with something else,” Mr. Thurber said. The Challenge of Cutting Coal Dependence 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z At the end of Ronald Reagan’s administration, Dr. Thurber said, “lots of people around him guided him and persuaded him.” Fearful and Flummoxed: Watching the Presidential Race From Abroad 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Another tract off the river in Palo Pinto County had environmental concerns from the coal mining days that once revolved around Thurber, south of Mingus. How a barroom shooting led to a new state park in West Texas 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Their parents lived in extreme poverty, Thurber said, and despite attempts from DHS to help the family’s situation, they struggled to raise five kids on such a low income. Adopted siblings reunite after 5 decades 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Those reports are false, of course, but BlackBerry Senior Vice President for Global Device Sales Alex Thurber took to Twitter just to be doubly sure there wasn’t confusion. Don’t panic: BlackBerry’s keyboard is here to stay 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z “Camp-age kids, by even 10 or 11, are used to texting and being in frequent contact with their parents,” said Christopher Thurber, a clinical psychologist who focuses on youth development and summer camp. Phone-Sick at Camp 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z James Thurber wrote of his passion for Rex. Review: ‘Pit Bull’ Traces Path From Fighter to Pet to Demon 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z The family-friendly event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday at the Juanita Sanchez Educational Complex on Thurbers Avenue in Providence. Providence to hold 1st expo to promote summer learning 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z County Commissioner Deb Schorr said the county will discuss plans to replace Thurber at the board’s staff meeting Thursday. Lancaster County corrections director resigns 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, “he would like more support for his policies and presidency,” Thurber said. Obama is more popular than he has been in years. So why is he complaining? 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z To prepare to detach for camp, Dr. Thurber recommends families try one tech-free day per week over the month before camp, with no recreational screen time. Phone-Sick at Camp 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z “Toomey and Flake — when confronted with the way the place works, they moderated,” said James A. Thurber, the director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University. Ted Cruz at a Crossroads as He Returns to the Senate 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z But a block of the roadway in the city center, directly outside the Bankhead Hotel, still features the original Bankhead Highway red bricks made at a now-closed factory in nearby Thurber. Group retraces old highway routes 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Thurber will oversee BlackBerry’s in-house sales teams as well as its efforts to generate additional revenue from distributing devices through carriers and other partners. BlackBerry Hires Alex Thurber as Senior Vice President for Global Device Sales 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Inevitably, Thurber sketched out a couple of tales himself, including "How Law and Order Came to Aramie," completed when he was around 18 and unpublished for more than a century. A Western written by a teenage James Thurber has been published for the first time 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Thurber was a prominent writer for The New Yorker, known for his drawings and for such stories as “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “The Catbird Seat.” Western tale by a teenage Thurber published for first time 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z In the case of Mr. Toomey, who is up for re-election, “with Trump at the top of the ticket he has to focus on his role in the Senate,” Mr. Thurber said. Ted Cruz at a Crossroads as He Returns to the Senate 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z "This is really an important and revealing observation," says Dr Rebecca Vega Thurber, a marine diseases expert from Oregon State University, who was not involved in the study. Hidden viruses may threaten Australia's Great Barrier Reef - BBC News 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z “My focus is to achieve BlackBerry’s strategic priority in making the device business profitable,” Mr. Thurber said in an email. BlackBerry Hires Alex Thurber as Senior Vice President for Global Device Sales 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z In the 1995 book "James Thurber: His Life and Times," biographer Harrison Kinney thought the story "riddled with the cliches of the western pulps," but noted a common Thurber theme: "manly strength versus the pussycat." A Western written by a teenage James Thurber has been published for the first time 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z It also includes such absurdist touches as a sleeping Sheriff Oakes “grotesquely doubled up on the antique couch,” and shows Thurber’s emerging gifts for description and characterization. Western tale by a teenage Thurber published for first time 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z This is an ethical “shade of grey,” said Jim Thurber, with the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University. Correction: GOP 2016-Carson’s Enterprises story 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z "It's pretty clear if you look at lots of law firms, consulting firms or whatever, there is a tremendous amount of lobbying business," said Thurber, who worked with Congress on the 2007 lobbying reforms. Penalty against lobbying firm sends message to an industry unfamiliar with prosecution 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Vinciguerra singles out for special praise White, who in Thurber’s words limned “silver and crystal sentences which have a ring — like the ring of nobody else’s sentences in the world.” A magazine with sentences like ‘nobody else’s sentences in the world’ 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Thurber was a prominent writer for The New Yorker, known for his drawings and for such stories as "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and "The Catbird Seat." A Western written by a teenage James Thurber has been published for the first time 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Inevitably, Thurber sketched out a couple of tales himself, including “How Law and Order Came to Aramie,” completed when he was around 18 and unpublished for more than a century. Western tale by a teenage Thurber published for first time 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z “The institution is built in a way that you need compromise,” Mr. Thurber said. Amid the Would-Be Speakers, Paul Ryan Sticks to His ‘No’ 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z The award was established in 1996 and is named for the late humorist and cartoonist James Thurber. Julie Schumacher wins Thurber Prize for American Humor 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z That year, Thurber published “The Years With Ross,” a charming, witty book. A magazine with sentences like ‘nobody else’s sentences in the world’ 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Kinney concluded that "thanks to the self-plagiarizing nature of the arts and the entertainment industry, Thurber's plot is as old as a hundred years and as fresh as last night's TV western." A Western written by a teenage James Thurber has been published for the first time 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z In the 1995 book “James Thurber: His Life and Times,” biographer Harrison Kinney thought the story “riddled with the cliches of the western pulps,” but noted a common Thurber theme: “manly strength versus the pussycat.” Western tale by a teenage Thurber published for first time 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z “It’s not as pleasant a job as it was,” said James A. Thurber, the director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University. Amid the Would-Be Speakers, Paul Ryan Sticks to His ‘No’ 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z "Yes, he listens to their side, but I don't know if he'll be able to bring them along," Thurber says. New Speaker, Same Problems: McCarthy Will Likely Face Same Challenges as Boehner 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Thus Vinciguerra’s decision to take the sharp turns that led him to add to his book White, Thurber and especially Harold Wallace Ross, the remarkable man who launched the New Yorker in 1925, seems prudent. A magazine with sentences like ‘nobody else’s sentences in the world’ 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z It also includes such absurdist touches as a sleeping Sheriff Oakes "grotesquely doubled up on the antique couch," and shows Thurber's emerging gifts for description and characterization. A Western written by a teenage James Thurber has been published for the first time 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Kinney concluded that “thanks to the self-plagiarizing nature of the arts and the entertainment industry, Thurber’s plot is as old as a hundred years and as fresh as last night’s TV western.” Western tale by a teenage Thurber published for first time 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z The Thurber Prize for American Humor will be awarded tonight for the first time to a woman. Your Monday Briefing 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z To me, fall arrives like a letter from a great American writer — James Thurber, perhaps, or Thornton Wilder. He's a fall guy, and it has a lot to do with football 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z “There were so many different Rosses, conflicting and contradictory, that the task of drawing him in words sometimes appears impossible,” the author quotes Thurber as having written. A magazine with sentences like ‘nobody else’s sentences in the world’ 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Nearly 20 years after its founding, the all-male winners’ circle for the Thurber Prize for American Humor is finally changing. 3 finalists for Thurber Prize for American Humor are women 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Nearly 20 years after its founding, the all-male winners' circle for the Thurber Prize for American Humor is finally changing. 3 finalists for Thurber Prize for American Humor are women; New Yorker's Roz Chast among them 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Auden said that Beerbohm resembled Thurber, but he more resembles another Anglo-Jewish Anglophile, S. J. Perelman. The Diminutive Genius of Max Beerbohm 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Charles Thurber, an Orange County sheriff's deputy, said he disagreed with the medical board's decision. Doctor linked to drug deaths allowed to practice on probation 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z "The Republicans have to show that they can govern," says James Thurber, a professor and director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University. GOP Majority Making Some Progress in Congress 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z He had a cultlike following, but for most of his life his books were hard to find, and he never became a household name the way that, say, James Thurber or E. B. White did. The People You Meet 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z The number of registrations dropped from 13,367 when Obama took office to 11,509 last year, according to an analysis by American University government professor James Thurber. Obama promised to curb the influence of lobbyists. Has he succeeded? 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Vertigo is currently staging a series of short plays, all written by women, one of them the acclaimed playwright Lucy Thurber, under the title “Bareknuckle,” at Gleason’s, the legendary boxing gym in Brooklyn. Decades Since Wasserstein’s ‘Heidi,’ the Glass Proscenium Holds Fast 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z The second case in the board accusation involved a patient The Times identified as Jennifer Thurber. Doctor linked to drug deaths allowed to practice on probation 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Thurber says McConnell, widely credited as a shrewd legislative tactician, has played his cards well to that end, so far. GOP Majority Making Some Progress in Congress 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z “It’s a new period of his administration,” said James Thurber, director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University in Washington. With Expected Keystone Veto, Obama to Open New Era of Presidency 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z The sight so shocked me that I had to see the title—“The Years with Ross,” James Thurber’s memoir of the editor. The Cabaret Beat 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z But in Eastland County, as well as farther east in Fort Worth and elsewhere, Thurber brick was the roadbed and, in places, it has stood the test of time. The ‘Broadway of America’ connected the South 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z “The amount of money that’s been spent is just astronomical,” says political science professor Jim Thurber, director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University. Pols, Lobbyists Cash in on Keystone XL Pipeline 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z "Almost every Republican is concerned about being primaried on immigration, on the Affordable Care Act," Thurber said. GOP Majority Making Some Progress in Congress 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z “One of the things that makes Arlington a good place to live is we continue to improve,” Thurber said. Arlington candidates visit farmers market to connect with voters In fairness to Thurber, Ross’s contemporaries often did regard him as a comical figure. The Cabaret Beat 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z “With 25 Republican members of Congress retiring, years of legislative expertise and wisdom are lost,” says James Thurber, head of American University’s Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies. Why John Boehner's Job Is About to Get Harder 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z “This is the latest issue and they’re pouring money into it,” Thurber says. Pols, Lobbyists Cash in on Keystone XL Pipeline 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z “It’s a common phenomenon, running against a lame duck president,” says Prof. James Thurber, director of American University’s Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies. Vulnerable Democrats Run Away from Obama 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z The award is named for the author and illustrator James Thurber. ‘Truth’ author Kenney wins Thurber humor prize 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z James Thurber, in Paris after having given up trying to write a novel, learned about the existence of The New Yorker for the first time when he saw the headlines. The Cabaret Beat 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z More exotic daydreams in the style of James Thurber's grandiose fictional fantasist Walter Mitty—such as Mitty's dream of piloting an eight-engine hydroplane through a hurricane—are rare. Living in an Imaginary World 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Jon Thurber, a freelance writer, is a former Los Angeles Times journalist. James S. Brady, Reagan’s press secretary and survivor of 1981 shooting, dies at 73 Thurber is also already thinking about a next borehole project, which he would like to see get even closer to an earthquake epicentre. Project drills deep into coming quake 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z Mark Thurber was arrested last week by Meredith police. No public church for man charged with sex assault 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z “When you start pushing big boys around, people may not get mad, but they’ll get even,” Thurber says. Elon Musk Wants the Military to Let SpaceX Launch Satellites 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Like Thurber's fictional fantasist, Queen Eleanor's creator spends a lot of time mentally rescuing disaster victims from burning buildings or “abseiling over cliffs, being winched in and out of helicopters with casualties.” Living in an Imaginary World 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Thurber says that the facility should be used to compare different sections of the San Andreas fault. NSF Pulls Support for Quake Observatory 2014-04-20T12:30:00Z “People here are critical of the president for being critical of lobbyists,” explained James Thurber, director of American University’s Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies and organizer of last week’s day-long discussion on lobbying reform. Former White House lawyer defends Obama limits on lobbying, hints at possible changes 2014-03-23T22:07:51Z Carroll said Thurber’s bail conditions did not violate his First Amendment rights to religious freedom, as Thurber’s right to practice his faith was preserved, but restricted to protect the public. No public church for man charged with sex assault 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z James Thurber, director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University in D.C., cautions that Musk’s confrontational approach could make him an outcast in Washington. Elon Musk Wants the Military to Let SpaceX Launch Satellites 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Still, Thurber does discuss debt, advising students to borrow only what they need. Education: Financial burden 2013-09-25T17:20:46.910Z Second-term presidents usually enjoy a post-election glow of up to eight months, said James A. Thurber, a professor who studies Congress and the presidency at American University. Despite inaugural respite, more fights lay ahead for Obama and Congress 2013-01-20T19:12:00Z "McConnell will be in the middle of a battle for the heart of the party," said James Thurber of American University's Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies. Senate leader McConnell a big loser on Election Day 2012-11-12T06:02:49Z That does not necessarily mean that the next Congress will fail to come up with a deficit-reduction deal, argues James Thurber of American University. Moderates under pressure: The excluded middle 2012-10-11T15:07:28Z "Brief supportive conversations are better than really long therapeutic conversations," Dr. Thurber said. Well: When Technology Means Never Learning to Let Go 2012-07-09T20:44:13Z “There is the code of ethics, and then there’s the right thing to do,” said James Thurber, a professor of political science at American University. What does Delaney?s resignation from CapitalSource mean for the company? 2012-04-09T02:16:06Z Manufactured glucose will not crystallize; and some of our largest honey merchants, even the Thurbers, of New York, have mixed artificial glucose with honey to avoid loss by the ignorant prejudice of the public. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z He’s going to be, as Truman did, attacking Congress as the ‘do nothing Congress,’ and certainly it’s total dysfunctional,” said James Thurber, presidential historian at American University in Washington. Obama’s State of Union Sets Table for Campaign Against Congress 2012-01-23T07:48:40Z Thurber and his colleagues found DNA belonging to two bacterial families that eat methane and hydrogen sulfide, respectively. Yeti Crabs grow bacteria on their hairy claws 2011-12-05T23:15:03.120Z By describing their own doubts, Dr. Thurber said, parents foster worries and preoccupying thoughts in children. Well: When Technology Means Never Learning to Let Go 2012-07-09T20:44:13Z Thurber confirmed that the bacteria are the crab's main food source. Yeti Crab Grows Its Own Food 2011-12-02T19:45:00.233Z "Let me speak to Mr. Thurber at once," he directed. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z COLUMBUS, Ohio — A program that lets writers be inspired by staying in the home where humorist James Thurber once lived is being revived in honor of an Associated Press journalist who died last year. Renewed writer program at James Thurber house named for AP writer and photographer John Nance 2011-11-17T17:38:58Z When his own son died of pleurisy, Miller left the firm to Cleveland Thurber, whose leadership fostered more growth. Top 10 Oldest Companies 2011-09-10T17:00:00Z James Thurber, of American University's Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, sees Biden as key in the administration's dealings with Congress. Biden seeks to cut deal on deficit reduction 2011-05-04T21:04:29Z Andrew Thurber, a marine ecologist now at Oregon State University in Corvallis, identified the second species a year later. Yeti Crab Grows Its Own Food 2011-12-02T19:45:00.233Z But Thurber was fully cognizant of the necessity for quick action. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z A writer will be chosen each year to receive a $4,000 stipend and have four weeks to spend living and working at Thurber House. Renewed writer program at James Thurber house named for AP writer and photographer John Nance 2011-11-17T17:38:58Z "The $4 million is just the tip of the iceberg," says James Thurber, who teaches courses on lobbying at American University in Washington. GE's Tax-Break Guard Dogs 2011-02-24T22:00:00Z "Boehner tried very hard to show that he can get things done, that he can lead," says Jim Thurber, head of American University's Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies. The Four Pieces of the Great Spending Debate 2011-02-14T08:00:00Z “These are all issues that come across the chief of staff’s desk,” said James A. Thurber, an American University professor and specialist on ethics and lobbying in Washington. Business Background Defines Chief of Staff 2011-01-07T06:41:07Z Take it right up to the Navy Department and turn it over to Thurber, the librarian. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z It was the boyhood home of Thurber, who was known for short stories and cartoons he contributed to The New Yorker. Renewed writer program at James Thurber house named for AP writer and photographer John Nance 2011-11-17T17:38:58Z American University's Thurber says the specialty tax firms have technical knowledge and expertise that differ from what other lobbyists provide. GE's Tax-Break Guard Dogs 2011-02-24T22:00:00Z “These are all issues come across the chief of staff’s desk,” said James A. Thurber, an American University professor and specialist on ethics and lobbying in Washington. Business Background Defines New Chief of Staff 2011-01-06T20:29:54Z American author James Thurber said there are two kinds of light: The glow that illuminates and the glare that obscures. The Future Of Lighting 2010-08-18T22:00:00Z Thurber retorted, his eyes riveted to the sheet before him. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z He was a Thurber House writer-in-residence twice under the previous program. Renewed writer program at James Thurber house named for AP writer and photographer John Nance 2011-11-17T17:38:58Z Also an interesting note from Maggie Thurber of Thurber's Thoughts don't expect clients to share your perspective on every subject you blog about. 11 Ways to Lose Blog Followers and Alienate Readers 2010-02-16T19:30:00Z Charles Thurber, Worcester, Massachusetts, built the first practical typewriter; too slow to be generally adopted. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 The Thurbers have a private wire, and I just heard that Denver is cut off now! Eleven Possible Cases But when they had gone over the papers found in the black bag, even Thurber had to admit that he was checkmated. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z Ask Thurber," I said impatiently; "he knows this country. The Century Handbook of Writing Thurber Court is named after James Thurber, who once lived nearby. *27Mr. A Virginia Village The little meeting-house, whose shingled spire still pointed at the stars, would always be sweet with the memory of Myra Thurber, whose timid clasp upon his arm troubled him then and pained him now. The Light of the Star A Novel Thompson's battery having expended its last round, Thurber's guns took their place so quickly that there was no intermission in the fire. From Fort Henry to Corinth Yes," replied Thurber, disconsolately, "I saw that the first thing. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z I told him to ask Thurber, who knew the country well.Better: The Century Handbook of Writing I cannot tell you how I love The canvases of Mr. Dove, Which Saturday I went to see In Mr. Thurber's gallery. The Book of Humorous Verse Draper and Morse's new photography, Thurber's typewriter, Woodruff's sleeping-car, and many other marvelous contrivances of the same period showed the fertility of the American inventive genius. Expansion and Conflict There being signs of a retreat farther to the south, Lieutenant Thurber was directed to sweep the ground in front, which he did with his two howitzers and three smooth-bores in fine style. From Fort Henry to Corinth But he kept his thoughts to himself, preferring to allow Thurber to reap all the rewards that were coming to him for the solution of the "double code." On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z The meeting was called to order by Mrs. Allen Butler, of Syracuse, who was made temporary chairman, with Mrs. S. Thurber and Miss A.L. Two Decades A History of the First Twenty Years' Work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York I have become acquainted with Mistress Barber, the aristocratic Pennimans and Dr. Thurber, the poet—for Bellingham has a small poet, though I was like to forget it. Confessions of Boyhood Once or twice Mr. Thurber Wade made his appearance, gallantly mounted, and freighted with flowers and kind messages from his mother to Miss Carr; but Clover was never sorry when he rode away again. Clover Notwithstanding appointments he had made, Thurber, his private secretary, informed us that the President could not see us because of a sudden attack of rheumatism. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him "Add twenty-six—the total number of letters in the alphabet—to the letter figure for the letter itself," said Thurber. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z Mrs. Thurber has painted portraits of many persons of distinction in Paris, among them one of Mlle. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. At length the days gradually fell into their usual tenor and I became reconciled to such amusements and mischiefs as my two playmates, George Jennison and Harry Thurber, and myself could invent. Confessions of Boyhood Thurber Wade, the Hopes, Clarence, Geoff, Marian, and Alice made a party of nine, and it was hard work indeed to squeeze so many into the tiny dining-room of No. 13. Clover But after Thurber had gone into the President's room, he returned saying that the President would see Dr. Sunderland and myself. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him Just the same," directed Thurber, "I'd like to have them right away. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z Mrs. Thurber is an exhibitor in the Salon, Royal Academy, and New Gallery, London, and other foreign exhibitions, as well as in those of this country. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. Thurber's stage line, when it was running, carried passengers through in one day, but after the railroad was built from Williams to Bright Angel the stage was abandoned. Arizona Sketches He never says fine flourishing things like Thurber Wade, or abrupt, rather rude things like Clarence, or inconsiderate things like Phil, or satirical, funny things like the doctor; but he's always doing something kind. Clover No one was with him except Mrs. Cleveland and his private secretary, Mr. Thurber, who is also one of my church. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him "Bishop Thurber!" the name was repeated with the force of an expletive. Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley In 1898 Mrs. Thurber took a studio in Paris, where her first work was the portrait of a young violinist, which was exhibited in the Salon of the following spring. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. A ride leisurely on horseback along the rim trail from Thurber's old camp to Bissell's Point, seven miles up the canon, and back is easily made in a day. Arizona Sketches It was not long after this that a mysterious little cloud of difference seemed to fall on Thurber Wade. Clover Had the plant appeared in any one locality, or even in half a dozen separate localities, in the South, it might possibly have been accounted for on the theory of Professor Thurber. Life: Its True Genesis I promised Tom Thurber and Herb Welch I'd meet them at four. The New Boy at Hilltop The Duchess of Sutherland, upon seeing it, sent for the artist and arranged for a portrait of her daughter, which was painted the following autumn while Mrs. Thurber was a guest at Dunrobin Castle. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. I've been in Thurber's store," said another, "and I tell you they have things down fine. A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" "To think I'm so much nearer heaven Than when I was a boy," misquoted Clover, as she sat on the rear platform of the car, with Poppy, and Thurber Wade. Clover Professor George Thurber, in speaking of the dissemination of seeds, finds other agencies therefor than winds, birds, quadrupeds, etc., such as we have already named. Life: Its True Genesis Dr. Thurber and I examined it together, and agreed that its flavor was only second-rate; but, as we have already seen, the public does not discriminate very nicely on this point. Success with Small Fruits While Mrs. Thurber's name is well known through her special success in the portraiture of children, she has painted many prominent men and women in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, and New England. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. A boy led me to H. K. Thurber's private office, but there were several men ahead of me and I waited my turn. A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" I didn't expect to buy anything, but I thought Thurber would feel complimented by such a man as myself calling upon him. A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" Mr. Thurber's face was one that you could study. A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" Doctor Thurber, editor of the "American Agriculturist," unhesitatingly pronounced it the most productive and best early variety in my specimen-bed, containing fifty different kinds. Success with Small Fruits The new-comer took his place in the vacated chair, told who he was, what was his business, and Thurber had a 'yes' or a 'no' ready before the man was through. A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" Mr. Thurber met me pleasantly, and said a few words about our business that told me he knew something about us, and professed to be very much pleased at my call. A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" I think H. K. Thurber had the best head on him of any man I ever saw. A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" Thurber has a drug department, and advertises them at 'a grocer's profit.' A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" We found quite a company there from the vicinity of Philadelphia and from Washington, while New York was represented by such eminent authorities as Dr. Thurber and A. S. Fuller. Success with Small Fruits D. Thurber, editor "American Agriculturist," states this truth emphatically. Success with Small Fruits But one July I went down to New York, and sauntered into Thurber's, on West Broadway. 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