Word: demonism
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...thousands of people whose names they have never heard. Will there be enough genuine humor nuggets mixed in with the inside jokes to keep these unread proles laughing? For once, the answer is probably yes --they got through all 165 pages without even one mention of Maxwell's Demon. If this parody is a harbinger of changes to come, then maybe the Lampoon has decided to start slowly weaning itself from the obscure and self-referential gibberish most students associate with the magazine...
...this pressure cooker that the teenaged Matsuzaka, playing for the Yokohama high school team, cemented, forever, his place in the annals of Japan's sports heroes. A skinny lad with the face of an angel and the arm of a demon, Matsuzaka kept a nation enthralled throughout the tournament. The quarterfinal game went 17 innings: Matsuzaka pitched them all, hurling 250 pitches. In the semi-finals the next day, he played in the outfield, his right pitching arm wrapped in a thick layer of bandages. He took the mound in the final inning to save the game. The next...
...half of the film--when the Farrellys exploit their gift for tossing sweet guys into wildly frustrating situations. Carrey plays Charlie, whose wife has left him with three fat black babies (we'll explain another time); he smiles and copes. But by repressing his rage, Charlie has let a demon grow inside him; finally it bursts out in an alter libido named Hank. That makes him bad company for Irene (Renee Zellweger), whom he must escort to upstate New York. You see, he's fallen in love. Both...
...addition, Dingman says he believes the steady transfer rate may indicate that randomization has not turned out to be the demon that some have portrayed...
...placement of well-known cartoon characters in off-color situations is a common Demon device. The characters of Peanuts and Garfield have been subject to similar treatments in the magazine...