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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...world, stocked with more than 20,000 wandering undergrads, harbors mysterious schools known only as SPC, SMG, CLA, etc., and--of course--the ever-popular CBS--College of Basic Studies, affectionately called NBC (No Brains College). Mixed liberally through this diverse student body is the ever-present JAP contingent--bringing Boston the most luxurious designer fashions that Westchester and Long Island mommies and daddies can afford...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Dog Day Afternoon: Hardly a Laughing Matter for Crimson | 10/6/1979 | See Source »

...production without flourishes, largely without heights and depths. After a bumpy overture, the chorus of "gentlemen of Japan" appears on stage in hideous white makeup and nondescript floppy bathrobes. The one conceivable excuse for the makeup--trying to make everyone look alike in a "seen one Jap you've seen 'em all" kind of way--is hardly achieved and hardly worth trying for. But this is the kind of mistake that you can get used to in the course of a production. Worse is a lack of imagination in characterization, delivery, choreography, lighting and musical arrangement...

Author: By Paul K. Rowe, | Title: Trouble in Titipu | 12/11/1974 | See Source »

...called who "that little Jap...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg and Tom Lee, S | Title: The Know-Your-President-Warts-and-All Quiz | 5/28/1974 | See Source »

...called a photographer "that fat Jap...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg and Tom Lee, S | Title: The Know-Your-President-Warts-and-All Quiz | 5/28/1974 | See Source »

...Tanaka's motorcade neared the Erawan Hotel in the center of the city, it was halted by a crowd of 2,000 students. Police clearly showed that they wanted to avoid a confrontation, and so the demonstrators surged toward the approaching cars, screaming " Jap, go home!" and waving placards reading JAPANESE ECONOMIC ANIMAL...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ASIA: Japan: Rich and Unloved | 1/21/1974 | See Source »

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