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...classic field experiment, subjects threw wet sponges at a carnival clown. The psychologists placed a rifle near the front of the booth for some of the players to see and removed it for others. The researchers also had the clown insult some of the sponge throwers. The insults had no discernible effect on the participants' behavior, but those exposed to the rifle threw more sponges. Similar studies have replicated the weapons effect worldwide. Psychology professor Ann Frodi found that Swedish high school students administered more and longer electric shocks to other students when a weapon was present. "Objects with clear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHY GUNS SHARE THE BLAME | 5/8/1995 | See Source »

...hour video, even with a high-speed modem, takes nearly 24 hours. That's why they break their program into smaller segments that can be retrieved one at a time. For instance, Let's Go Giggin, a five-minute comedy bit broadcast last week that features a nose-ringed clown hunting frogs with a stick, takes half an hour to come to life on a computer screen. Still a long wait, but where else can you find entertainment like that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO FREE CYBERSPACE | 5/1/1995 | See Source »

...wall of sound, all disagreeable: moanings and groanings; the prolonged squeak of something being dragged over a hard surface, like a knife on a plate; repetitious rock drumming; voices reciting mantra-like inanities; and (in its own room full of TV monitors titled Clown Torture) the hoarse voice of Nauman, dressed as a clown, in a baggy suit of vertical stripes that slyly recalls the garb of concentration-camp prisoners, shrieking, "No, no, no, nonono!" while writhing and jerking on the floor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BEING A NUISANCE | 4/24/1995 | See Source »

...good people" Ehasz meant a monkey and a clown, plus a few residents of eastern Massachusetts out to create a purely happy day--Lampoon-style...

Author: By Xiaomeng Tong, | Title: 'Poon Hosts Spring Carnival | 4/8/1995 | See Source »

...performance. "Our goal is, keep stars out,for this is a sacred day." No posters had been putup beforehand, but the festival received a warmwelcome from its intended audience all the same.The highlight came when the hurdy-gurdy monkey,"blowing the show away" (according to U-no, thestiltwalking clown), won the informal competitionamong all performers announced by Lampoon editorRebecca Kirshner...

Author: By Xiaomeng Tong, | Title: 'Poon Hosts Spring Carnival | 4/8/1995 | See Source »

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