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...such outlet is the Cambridge-based Journalof Irreproducible Results (JIR), a bimonthlymagazine solely dedicated to exposing the humor inscience...

Author: By Carrie L. Zinaman, | Title: Scientists' Humor Defies Stereotypical Serious Image | 4/20/1994 | See Source »

...attempt to answer this basic question,the JIR solicits stories form scientistsworldwide. Recent publications have included apolitically correct table of the elements, and astudy on the effects of peanut butter on therotation of the earth...

Author: By Carrie L. Zinaman, | Title: Scientists' Humor Defies Stereotypical Serious Image | 4/20/1994 | See Source »

According to Stanley J. Eigen, associate editorof JIR and associate professor of mathematics atNorthwestern University, "Our audience isscientists, engineers, UFO abductees, religiousfanatics--you know, the usual...

Author: By Carrie L. Zinaman, | Title: Scientists' Humor Defies Stereotypical Serious Image | 4/20/1994 | See Source »

...never out to do anybody harm," saysAbrahams about JIR's mockery of seeminglylegitimate research...

Author: By Carrie L. Zinaman, | Title: Scientists' Humor Defies Stereotypical Serious Image | 4/20/1994 | See Source »

Czech Performer Jirí Suchý, 34, is Communism's top show-biz personality. His singing (4,000,000-record sales), writing (his musical, Jonas, is still packing them in after four years), and disk jockeying (600 songs that he wrote himself) have made Suchý the first "kroner millionaire" entertainer on the Czech list. His $63,000 income is 25 times the national average, and Suchý's latest book is a summation of Eastern

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eastern Europe: The Third Communism | 3/18/1966 | See Source »

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