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...Harvard will be from your peers") could be true--but only if we take intellectualism seriously. That means extending what we know to another person, opening ourselves up for criticism and skepticism and all sorts of other uncomfortable things that could easily be avoided by four years of brainless talk about classes and the weather...

Author: By Caille M. Millner, | Title: Lost Discourse | 2/23/1998 | See Source »

There is something wonderfully satisfying about a guilty pleasure. Whether it be a sleazy novel, Ace of Base, the tabloids, St. Elmo's Fire, Melrose Place, a brainless action movie or Baywatch, it's mighty fun to gorge on trashy entertainment...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: P. D. James Delivers Stylish But Shallow Agatha Christie-ish Mystery | 12/12/1997 | See Source »

...industry who market "unplugged" re-recordings of obsolete songs, Guthrie updates his editorial banter perennially. Songs which originally lampooned and criticized the horror and stupidity of the Vietnam War have accumulated, over the years, addenda about Watergate, the Carter Administration, global warming, NAFTA, politically correct children's books, the brainless television industry and the astonishing post-mortem Beatles reunion, as well as any number of other current events...

Author: By Eric D. Bennett, | Title: Arlo Guthrie Still With It | 12/6/1996 | See Source »

...weeks ago, I was trying to focus on reading Tocqueville when my computer "eep" ed. I lunged for the mouse and clicked open my new e-mail. I could tell from the subject line--"You are a huge f***ing culturally deprived moron"--that this wasn't just a brainless forward or more propaganda from Clinton-Gore...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Home Sweet Home Page | 10/26/1996 | See Source »

...tone of the play is set immediately. It is unmistakable and entirely unsophisticated, which is precisely what makes the play fun even if predictable and brainless. The first scene takes place in an auction house where Jackie's posessions are being sold. On the block are her Items Under the Sink, and of course these go for thousands. The bidders, a professional looking bunch, alternate their frenetic bidding with plaintive lamb bleats. Director and writer Gip Hoppe lets us know that the vehicle here is farce, and once the play climbs in it doesn't look back...

Author: By Fabian Giraldo, | Title: Jackie O. Unmasked | 10/24/1996 | See Source »

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