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...commonly called. There was, as usual, a lot of talk, but they were not disciplined, as they form an independent organization. They were reprimanded, however, and they have toned down that act since. The Lampoon also features an incredibly humiliating competition for election to the staff, which culminates in "Fool Week," during which aspiring funnymen get to follow orders from sadistic 'Poonies, make total fools of themselves both in public and in the dark reaches of the Castle (where only editors can go), and drink themselves sick. All in good fun. Sure...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: Harvard Publications: The Good, the Bad and the Silly | 9/1/1978 | See Source »

...Paul's death were generally far warmer than those that appeared in the West, where the late Pope is widely seen as a leader who started out boldly but lost his nerve. During a British radio talk show, Broadcaster Ian Gilchrist offhandedly described Paul as a "silly old fool who caused misery to millions of gullible people." He was promptly suspended. To influential Austrian Catholic Publisher Otto Schulmeister, Paul's reign "seemed a pontificate of disintegration." Even commentators friendly to Paul argued that his administration stagnated in the 1970s, and his implementation of Vatican II and its bold initiatives were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Search of a Pope | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

Donald Campbell as Lyle does a creditable job conveying the good intentioned fool's inability to comprehend Teddy's evil, and he manages the only consistent hick in the play...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: An American Nightmare | 8/18/1978 | See Source »

...some U.S. diplomats, who believe that fast-moving developments have "outstripped" the guerrilla leader's capacity to deal with them. Indeed, virtually every Namibian political group is now so ridden with factions that, in the words of a U.S. official, "you'd have to be a fool to predict the outcome" of any future election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NAMIBIA: A Right Start That Could Go Wrong | 8/14/1978 | See Source »

Finally, he seduces his Jewish constituency by clapping on a Tevye hat and fiddling on the roof of his mouth. Felled by a heartattack, or possibly a stroke, Davis ends the evening singing that potent crowd- pleaser, What Kind of Fool Am I?, the song that probably contributed as much to the initial success of Stop the World as The Impossible Dream did to Man of La Mancha. Fool, Gonna Build a Mountain and Once in a Lifetime are the consolation prizes of an extremely tedious evening. The audience seems almost to come into the theater humming them. T.E.Kalem

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Life's Clown | 8/14/1978 | See Source »

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