Word: flipness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...experiment was straightforward: 21 TT therapists stuck their hands, palms up, through a screen. Emily held her own hand over one of theirs--left or right, decided by the flip of a coin--and the practitioners had to say which hand it was. When the results were tallied, they'd done no better than they would have by simply guessing. If there was an energy field, they couldn't feel it. Emily is quick to point out that her test must be replicated before it's considered definitive. But it isn't good news for the TT community...
Others have considered the flip side of this phenomenon, including one Adams House resident. "I don't know who lives on the other side of our fire door, but I can't imagine what they must think of us." He describes the conversations which go on in his room as "just basically, surprisingly crude. In class, I think that people see me as a polite, serious guy. Around my roommates, I deteriorate." He speculates that "whoever it is [on the other side of that door,] they see a side of me that the rest of the world does...
...wait! you say. I'm not like the rest of those workaholics. I have fun. I go to see plays. I hear speakers. I attend concerts. I read poetry for pleasure. I flip through newspapers. I exercise...
...letting that historical legacy fade, black artists do a disservice to posterity. Just think, 30 years from now, when your kids flip through your CD collection, what do you want them to hear--"Let A Playa Get His Freak On" or "Mighty Love...
...Before we actually tried it, space travel was a whole lot easier. See Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953). So simple a janitor (Bud) and a half-wit (Lou) could stumble onto a big silver sausage of a rocketship, flip a few switches, and go all the way to . . . Mardi Gras. Then Venus, with all the usual misadventures and comic contortions along the way. The code term for this is "classic comedy." It's a warning, because it's dated. Soft spots, stiff acting by supporting players, and yet A & C fans (you know who you are) are watching...