Word: dumbing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Colorado was the best half-hour course on philosophy I've ever had. Amie is the nicest person west of the Mississippi, and he said cars are toys are not to come between friends. My parents reacted with admirable restraint. Dad said he hoped I felt like the dumb shit...
Ironically, former President Carter's campaign strategy of attacking Reagan as too dumb and too dangerous to sit in the Oval Office is being borne out by the President's vacuous statements, his staff's clumsy coverup of gaffes, and the increasing alarm of his Republican "allies." Previously hailed as the Great Communicator, exuding amicability, confidence, and resourceful leadership. Reagan has emerged as a narrow-minded simpleton, impervious to practicable political bargaining and constructive suggestions. And the press is now hammering that point home...
Joan Collins and Farley Granger were singing. Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon were singing. Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh, Joel McCrea and Frances Dee, Don Ameche and Alice Faye, Howard Keel and Jane Powell: all raised their voices in joyous song. But Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton were struck dumb, doing their best to look as if they'd just slid down a laundry chute into the Twilight Zone...
...monsters through empty, winding tunnels. Consider the psychological implications of the game like its innumerable lesser relatives, like its venerable ancestor, pinball, Pac-Man providers the clearest example you'll ever see of the theory of positive reinforcement, negative feedback Do something smart and you keep playing Do something dumb and wham' you have to stop. Buy this shiny little booklet-which looks like the manual they give you with a new T.V. and goes about as deeply into the product's real meaning-and you can go on playing forever...
DIED. Hope Hampton, 84, silent-film actress whose penchant for sequins, diamonds and publicity made her a fixture of café society long after her career had faded; of a heart attack; in New York City. A devotee of luxury, Hampton once said, "A woman can get by being dumb and beautiful...