Word: craze
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...this series is a rip-off of the nostalgia craze. Banyon (Robert...
...circuit, Correll and another white vaudevillian, Freeman Gosden, teamed up on radio in 1928 to create the roles of Amos (a kindly taxi driver played by Gosden) and Andy (a scheming misadventurer portrayed by Correll). With its fractured black-dialect humor, the show became radio's first major craze. At the height of the program's popularity in the '30s, hotels canceled room service and movie theaters stopped their features during air time. By and large, blacks detested Amos 'n' Andy's portrayal of Negroes as shuffling buffoons; the show died in 1960 after...
...they are out in the boondocks. They scream instructions, encouragement or abuse at the contestants with all the futile energy of spectators at the World Series. The psychology of the Johnny-come-lately fans is much like that of the masses of men and women who take up any craze, and much of their enthusiasm will be evanescent. Far more complex, however, are the psychological bases of the quiet passion that has prompted countless millions to play the game through the centuries-and the unquiet passion that turns championship contenders into egomaniacs and monomaniacs...
...wine shops, sports-clothes boutiques and even pharmacies. But some food-chain managers fear that if the fierce price-cutting clash continues much longer, the entire industry is headed for a bumpy shake-out period of failures and mergers. Others take a less apocalyptic view, believing that the discount craze will run its course and the old merchandising cycle will start all over. Says Eugene Walsh, president of Ralphs Grocery chain in Los Angeles: "People will probably start playing games again...
...have become cult favorites, but Cayce in fact had many misses in his predictions. What gave him his credibility was a more limited but very special talent, the ability to diagnose illnesses of persons many miles away. Many Americans ?most, the optimistic would say ?still find the craze for prophecy foolish and even bankrupt. Others may enjoy the predictions for what many of them are?a parlor entertainment. But millions, obviously, need reassurance about the future...