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Reaction from AIDS experts has ranged from "drivel" to "hogwash." U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop promptly called the work "irresponsible" and accused Masters and Johnson of "scare tactics." "There are no scientific data to support these alarming statements," warned Dr. Stephen Joseph, New York City's health commissioner. "They pile their statements, each holding a thin layer of established fact, on top of one another like slices of bologna." Many criticized the trio for first publishing their findings in a mass-market book, which was excerpted last week in Newsweek, instead of in a scientific journal where their data...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: An Outbreak of Sensationalism | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...latest on life in South Florida, "If it isn't worth saying, why say it? "The first thought is, "What is this shit??!!" Is The Crimson a responsible newspaper that prints newsworthy or at least thoughtful or clever editorials, or it a personal forum for irrelevant, unprofessional, pseudo-journalistic drivel like this? Tor Krogius...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Why Say It? | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

...drivel about classes, sports and who got drunk

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: SCRUTINY | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

...teacher calls him an imbecile. How could he forget that this summer was different from all the others--the glorious summer of the Liberation? The next time he writes the essay, Cat knows what kind of drivel to spill out: the joy of a good boy who sees the revival of the City of Light, who rejoices at the sight of the Eiffel Tower rising into the sky, the Arc de Triomphe hung with streamers. What with a finishing touch of a quote from Hugo, Cat gets the highest mark in the class...

Author: By Jane Avrich, | Title: Tales From a Dubious Wonderland | 1/14/1987 | See Source »

...same type of twisted logic applies to the recent imbroglio between President Derek C. Bok and Secretary of Education William J. Bennett. Bok invited the guy to a birthday bash, and Bennett ended up swigging some tea and spouting drivel all over his hosts. Bok was left holding the quarter...

Author: By Robert F. Cunha, | Title: Get on the Wagon | 10/16/1986 | See Source »

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