Word: hoaxes
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Never since the flight of Rudolf Hess had the Nazis' faces looked so red. But not since the flight of Hess had the reason for high Nazi flush been so obscure. Was it anger? Was it embarrassment? Or was it pride in a successful hoax...
Saroyan is not at all orthodox about his procedure in playwriting. His flamboyant ego, his unreserved sentimentality and love for the people, have baffled the critics, who, at first, accused him of being a hoax. His ingenuous personality and his unashamed bravado puzzled the more mature and sophisticated onlookers. But now he is recognized as the leader of a one-man cult. He wants mood most of all in drama; plot, situation and character are all incidental to the creation of the proper feeling. A play, for him, must excite as music does, in a sweeping, comprehensive whole...
Thayer picked 729, which was within two numbers of the correct figure, 731, written on the back of ducat to the dance. Most of the yardlings were suspicious of a hoax of one sort or another, and only about 300 of them took a chance...
Several months ago the Montignac cavern was discovered by five striplings whose archeological adventuring had been encouraged by a retired schoolmaster named Laval. Its entrance was a vertical shaft which had long ago been filled so that cattle would not fall in. Townsfolk, as usual, were skeptical and hoax-wary over the boys' reports...
Hundreds of trembling Freshmen trouped to Sophomore Dean Sargent Kennedy's office in University 4 Saturday afternoon in response to a hoax post card sent out by person or persons unknown. The card, sent to over 1000 Yardlings threatened that "failure to observe this notice will not be excused," and was signed by Dean Kennedy, as "Dean of Freshmen...