Word: craving
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...horror's head horrors accumulate." In this age of insurgence social and aesthetic it is natural for them to seek novel effects for novelty's sake, preferring a bad new use to a good old one, just as vicious people crave new sensations. With due allowance for these tendencies of youth and of the decade, this number of the Advocate is creditable; its ambitions are worthy; its attainments are not mean; and it is much better than some of its predecessors. L. B. R. BRIGGS...
...these days of national uncertainty and nervous anxiety we crave antidotes of any kind to relieve us from the thought of overshadowing responsibilities. The "movie" number of the Lampoon bursts upon Cambridge today and presents unrestricted sensationalism that has ever aroused undergraduate enthusiasm. All the country's celebrities with whom our gilded youth are most intimately acquainted are described and portrayed in the bold and naked phrases of Lampy's best style. The abandon that characterizes this detailed exposure of the cinematograph world convinces the reader of the utter unreality of that film land of wonders...