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Although tutors should not tolerate bigotry, neither should they respond to it with a knee-jerk threat. Ignatiev's letter makes him seem more like a petulant child than a responsible adult, more like a person in need of guidance than able to offer it to others...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Act Responsibly or Resign | 4/1/1992 | See Source »

...current Reebok crosstrainer commercial, the kind of thing the play seems to mock. The 27 scene changes are clocked and set into motion with finesse, a credit to the lighting and set crew. However, these changes also pose a problem. Too abrupt and vague at times, they tend to jerk the audience, confusing an otherwise entertaining plot and sleek production...

Author: By Esme Howard, | Title: Wild Romp of Death and Sex at the Ex: | 3/12/1992 | See Source »

...policy banning foreign investment reflects and may even feed the kind of knee-jerk protectionist attitude increasingly prevalent in recessionary America...

Author: By Lori E. Smith, | Title: Major League Xenophobia | 2/22/1992 | See Source »

...Students] want to spend their time a little bit better than just going out and trying cry-baby knee-jerk tactics," he says...

Author: By D. RICHARD De silva, | Title: A Sharp Shift to the New Right For Campus Conservatives | 2/3/1992 | See Source »

Steven V. Mazie and Philip M. Rubin, Crimson editors, are founders of Jerk magazine...

Author: By Philip M. Rubin, | Title: OFA: A Real Jerk | 10/30/1991 | See Source »

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