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Tedium seemed to be growing so fast in TV that Cunningham's outfit tried to measure "the Boredom Factor" by depth interviews, found that heavy percentages of ordinary viewers-not just the critics-yawning at such TV sacred cows as Arthur Godfrey (47%) and Red Skelton (38%). Cunningham feels that the Boredom Factor causes "dial-twitching, vacant-minded viewing, lower ratings" and, as far as the sponsor is concerned, "less penetration-per-skull per dollar...
...boredom is compounded by imitation within TV, and the industry's inability to look beyond "the ruthless law of the [rating] decimal point." Said Cunningham: "As advertising men we must be interested in all TV, not only in our own programs. We want it to be a strong, well-rounded medium. A multiplication of the same type of show, such as the present wave of singers, quizzes and westerns, can only narrow the base of TV, restrict its power and its value to the people. Anybody who buys another western, unless it is a marked creative departure from...
Although most observers agree that boredom is common among Exeter students, and that the recommended Advanced Standing Program should be a valuable remedy, they note that the "over-prepared" formula fails to explain several facts. First, Harvard Gen Ed courses may indeed have elementary lectures aimed at an extremely unsophisticated mind, but they certainly do not have elementary reading lists. Yet the Exeter syndrome involves rejecting reading as well as lectures. Second, the Exeter "A" student generally suffers less from boredom at Harvard than his academically less proficient schoolmate...
...over Israel last week students in government-run secular schools were reacting with anger or, curiosity or boredom to a new course of teaching that would have shocked their Zionist forebears on the one hand and their Diaspora ancestors on the other. Orthodox Jews would have been horrified at the thought of a child growing up in Israel without knowing the words of a single prayer or the uses of candles on the Sabbath. And the zealous, Socialist-minded Zionists of a generation ago would never have exposed their children to religious rites, which they viewed as symbols...
...nephew, Richard Burton also gives an excellent performance, within a brooding role that provides no large chances for diversity. His speech is admirable, and he displays melancholy, boredom, and eventually honesty and a spark of life with great force...