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...right, of course, about the third alternative, and very sensible one it is--working out some system of fooling the grader; although I think I should prefer the word "impressing." We admit to being impressionable, but not hyper-credulous simps. His first two tactics for system beating, his Vague Generalities and Artful Equivocations, seem to presume the latter, and are only going to convice Crimson-reading graders (there are a few, and we tell our friends) that the time has come to tighten the screws just a bit more...

Author: By A Grader, | Title: A Grader's Response | 8/18/1987 | See Source »

...pills to control her weight. (At 5 ft. 6 in., she then weighed about 130 lbs.; she now weighs 120 lbs.) Years of deceit followed as she began each morning with a small 5-mg dose of amphetamines. In hindsight, she concedes that the drug "contributed to my being hyper" and provided a "false energy level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mild Dose of Candor: Kitty Dukakis | 7/20/1987 | See Source »

...recent official exhibit of young artists in Moscow included various artistic approaches: realism, surrealism, hyper realism, pop art, abstract art. Barriers have been removed from the development of jazz and rock music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Poet's View of Glasnost | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

...right, of course, about the third alternative, and a very sensible one it is--working out some system of fooling the grader; although I think I should prefer the word "impressing." We admit to being impressionable, but not to being hyper-credulous simps. His first two tactics for system beating, his Vague Generalities and Artful Equivocations, seem to presume the latter, and are only going to convince Crimson-reading graders (there are a few and we tell our friends) that the time has come to tighten the screws just a bit more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

FROM TITLE to finish, there's little subtlety in The End of the World With Symposium To Follow. Under glaring lights, actors hyper-project their lines. Buzzers and phones eerily ring out at startling volumes. At one point, the central character, playwright Michael Trent (Ken Howard), literally bangs a drum to pound his message across...

Author: By Abigail M. Mcganney, | Title: Playing With Armageddon | 1/9/1987 | See Source »

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