Word: contrivedness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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College Knowledge suckers well-meaning parents easily parted from their money. Its vast store of information, most valuable to students with little access to files on fellowships or aid, make parts of it useful. Edelhart's deliberately traditional attitude makes much of the book too trite to be helpful. It...
As a proud citizen of the great state of Texas and a fair judge of theater. I feel compelled to respond to Laurence Grafstein's review of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Apparently, Mr. Grafstein has done little or no research into this musical; this is evident from several...
In possibly one of the most contrived roles ever, Hogan's Heroes regular Larry Hovis does a suitable Dan Rather imitation as gospel-spitting Melvin P. Thorpe of Watchdog News. Melvin is "the eyes and ears of Texas." He has unearthed candy-bar scandals and sets out to prove that...
One might go further and say, as Roger Rosenblatt has suggested, that the book is hollow because Styron doesn't understand evil. Certainly, Styron wanted to write a book about evil; the ambition is palpable in the novel's heft. But I suspect it was an intellectual desire, not a...
The findings of the TIME survey did not register much hope that these problems will soon be solved. Those questioned had even less faith in Congress than in the President to solve the energy problem. Despite the preachings of the Carter Administration, 63% said the recent gasoline drought was "exaggerated...