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...great unexplained sociological phenomena of industrial and, yes, even post-industrial American society is the overwhelming importance of professional athletic competition to the mechanics of daily societal interaction. While many would dismiss such a concern as outside the bounds of traditional and rigorous inquiry I feel that it is precisely for that reason that an investigation of this phenomenon is vital...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Hooky | 10/28/1986 | See Source »

Executive Director of CASCAP Michael Haran said although he does not dismiss the concerns and fears of the Aberdeen residents, CASCAP has never had a complaint filed against...

Author: By Michelle D. Tanenbaum, | Title: City Approves Halfway House | 10/21/1986 | See Source »

Townsend faces even harder going. Although she is favored to win the primary, she must then upset Incumbent Representative Helen Delich Bentley, 62, a tough-talking conservative who dismisses Townsend's candidacy the way a dowager would dismiss a flapper. "I am running on my own name," says Bentley, "and on what I have done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Daddy's Team Be Beaten? | 9/8/1986 | See Source »

...well as English, refer to the suddenly woozy singer? Naturally enough, conventions of the language demanded a hyphenated modifier. "Much-troubled" might have been acceptable, but that adjective is reserved, as are "oil-rich" and "war-torn," for stories about the Middle East. One tabloid, apparently eager to dismiss the celebrity as a wanton hussy, called him "gender-confused pop star Boy George." This was a clear violation of journalese's "most-cherished tenet": while doing in the rich and famous, never appear to be huffy. One magazine settled for "cross- dressing crooner," and many newspapers temporarily abandoned the hyphenated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Journalese: a Ground-Breaking Study | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

...editor in chief of Connoisseur magazine and the leading impresario of fine-art hyperbole, proclaims that the group is "unique in art history -- to suddenly have before you this monumental body of great American painting. It's a mighty poke, a sharp stick between the eyes of those who dismiss Wyeth as nostalgic. It's his weapon, his dissent. He's shouting, 'No one will ever write me out of history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Andrew Wyeth's Stunning Secret | 8/18/1986 | See Source »

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