Word: amateurish
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...show their school spirit. The lack of such spirit has occasionally been the topic of articles in The Crimson. This is why it is so disturbing that when we finally do come together in the name of Fair Harvard, writers like Mayo must bring us down with his amateurish opinions...
...children want to hug him. "The kids love it," says Leah Horton of Atlanta, a mother of three, "but you don't want to be in the same room when it's on." Cloying and sappy as Barney's manner seems to adults, it, like the rest of the amateurish production, is carefully calculated to keep a two-year-old transfixed. "We kind of have to say, 'Bear with us as we talk to your children,' " explains executive producer Dennis DeShazer, "because it is a mystery to a lot of adults...
Problems include kimonos that look more like bathrobes and a set dominated by amateurish poster-painted flowers...
...whose goal is to promote literacy among grade-school children, the show is part of a wide-ranging educational effort that includes a magazine, paperback books, teachers' guides and even Ghostwriter pens and T shirts. Who can quarrel with such a worthy aim? But who, alas, will believe this amateurish series comes from the same people who gave us Big Bird and Mathnet...
Grand masters who 20 years ago would not have dared carry his coat -- the younger ones would not have been tall enough -- now publicly call his play aimless and amateurish. One Russian grand master advises patronizingly that Fischer must "realize that chess has changed in the past 20 years." World champion Garry Kasparov notes the "low level" of play in the match. "Incredibly low," says international master Alex Sherzer, with more than a trace of disgust...