Word: experimental
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Sweetening the Sound Track. Much as the forgery is abused and resented, the TV comedy producer argues that it is uniquely needed by the medium, demanded by sponsors and even desired (at least unconsciously) by the viewers. Psychologists agree that people in audiences laugh aloud partly because they hear each...
Achilles would "share my tent with none but the bearded Patroclus," and Castor could not live without "my dearest friend Pollux, my other self." There have been some who flatly denied the fundaments of gregariousness, like Thoreau who "never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude." Yet, once...
All told, the Roommate is a disturbing but bearable sort, besides which he is Necessary. He may steal your butts, scratch your records, drink your liquor, date your girl, and rattle your tender nerves; but he is Necessary. When choosing yours, be sure to experiment carefully beforehand. After all is...
Coach Bob Pickett's experiment of switching Captain Bob Gilmor and Bob Foster paid rich dividends, as both registered convincing decisions. Wrestling at 167, instead of his usual 177, Foster outpointed Bill Smith, 7 to 2, while Gilmor shut out Tony Raab 6 to 0 at his new division.
Perhaps he follows the critic's beam hoping the critic will lend it to him after a while, hoping that if he reads "Paradise Lost" often enough, he will discover his own experience. The experiment is seldom tried, and I also suspect that the poem, like the sphinx, speaks only...