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...Tooby is also quite glib about labeling our group as Marxist. Had he investigated, he would have found that many of us in the Sociobiology Study Group would be quite unhappy with this characterization. To dismiss all criticism of sociobiology based upon a misrepresentation of the political stance of one segment of the critics is a mark of dishonesty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sociobiology | 1/3/1980 | See Source »

...decision you have to make is whether or not the film is worth seeing. For nostalgia's sake, it is a worthwhile experience. Young children will not appreciate the glib intellectualisms of the film at all. They should not be dragged to The Motion Picture with the expectation that this is another Star Wars. In fact, no one should see Star Trek with the notion that it is similar to Star Wars or that it was even meant...

Author: By Joshua I. Goldhaber, | Title: Not Very Enterprising | 12/14/1979 | See Source »

...Mommy left because I made her try to be a certain kind of wife. I realized she tried for so long to make me happy, and when she couldn't and tried to talk to me, I was too wrapped up to listen." If Hoffman were still the glib hustler of the early part of the film, this self-recriminating speech would be a jolt-a screenwriter's ruse. But Hoffman's performance has so carefully delineated the alterations in Ted that his generous confession of past sins seems completely natural...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Grownups, A Child, Divorce, And Tears | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...have been spared a few swipes from reviewers, but his reputation now would not be much different, and his estate would have been far smaller. He wrote one superb and unimprovable book, Apley, several good ones (So Little Time, Point of No Return) and quite a few that were glib, unimportant, and exceedingly popular. He never had to teach freshman English or write book reviews, and he lived where he pleased. When he was middle-aged and famous, the Book-of-the-Month Club appointed him to its panel of judges, and that seems to have been exactly where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Archaeology of The Well Born | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

...right, but Rich Kids has no interest in the vicissitudes of wealth. The movie is actually about the effect of divorce on children-an equally good subject, but one that deserves more justice than it receives here. As the cute but empty title indicates, Rich Kids would rather be glib than honest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Poor Grownups | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

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