But some scholars, like Barbara Johnson, a professor of comparative literature and romance languages at Harvard, take a less benign view.

For the last 17 years she has shared her life with another Harvard professor, Barbara Johnson, a translator of Derrida.

That, Barbara Johnson felt, was what made his suicide so ominous.

Difference: Reading with Barbara Johnson, a special issue of Differences (2007)

The board has not had a ninth member since the Chancellor removed its former president, Barbara Johnson, last fall amid conflict-of-interest charges.

It was so big and sturdy that children used to ride on its back, a neighbor, Barbara Johnson, said.

The board has not had a ninth member since last fall when the Chancellor suspended its president, Barbara Johnson, citing conflict of interest.

But when the subject turns to Barbara Johnson, he suddenly grows animated and voluble.

I applaud Barbara Johnson; she makes me proud to be a survivor.

Barbara Johnson, an Ossining realtor, said she has had to use "creative financing" to help such buyers.