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...first issue of Bogus introduces itself as a journal to fill this need. Under the editorship of Peter Gabel '68, Bogus is a well-conceived and well-executed prototype for a Harvard literary review...

Author: By Jack Davis, | Title: 'Bogus' | 5/24/1968 | See Source »

...Foreign Secretary George Brown, declined to go along with Wilson's decision to do just that, claiming that 1) Britain could hardly turn down ?200 million worth of export business from its second largest customer in the face of mounting balance-of-payments deficits, and 2) it is bogus morality to pass up income, even from arms traffic, while at the same time cutting into Labor's backbone social programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: The Bitter Aftertaste | 12/29/1967 | See Source »

Poshlost, says he, means "corny trash, vulgar cliches, Philistinism in all its phases, imitations of imitations, bogus profundities, crude, moronic and dishonest pseudo-literature, these are obvious examples. Now, if we want to pin down poshlost in contemporary writing we must look for it in Freudian symbolism, moth-eaten mythologies, social comment, humanistic messages, political allegories, overconcern with class or race, and the journalistic generalities we all know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: AND NOW, POSHLOST | 12/1/1967 | See Source »

...band of American convicts is pressed into service as behind-enemy-lines guerrillas in World War II. Ron Harper stars as Lieut. Garrison, the officer assigned to ride herd on the hoods. In the premiere, "The Big Con," the gang sets out to capture enemy plates used to print bogus U.S. currency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Sep. 1, 1967 | 9/1/1967 | See Source »

...detected. Meanwhile the lines are spreading the word that the discount tickets are no bargain. Passengers caught with them can be arrested for using stolen property, though unwitting travelers get off easily. Last month TWA investigators caught up with two young girls who had made it to Madrid on bogus tickets they had bought in Los Angeles. Convinced that the two were merely innocents abroad, TWA did not press charges-but the girls had to furnish the full fare for the plane ride home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Airlines: Hot Tickets | 7/28/1967 | See Source »

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