Word: maximalism
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While Krinsky’s column may not soon replace the standard dorm room library—Maxim, Cosmo, Glamour, Playboy, Black Tail—it has, at least for the moment, earned a place among those sacred ranks. Krinsky says she receives enthusiastic feedback from other colleges. “I receive a lot of e-mails from people at Duke,” Krinsky confesses...
Every team is in first place on opening day, goes an old baseball maxim. Hope and possibility abound. Unless you are a member of the impossibly hopeless Montreal Expos. Then opening day is just the first chord of a season-long funeral march. "I like to use the analogy of someone who has been told he has a terminal illness," says Expos president Tony Tavares, who prays fans will buy tickets, if only to pay their last respects...
...most helpful to Chou when the senior decided to write about gender issues. Chou originally considered writing about women’s magazines, but given the plethora of studies already done on their objectification of women, she turned to publications aimed at the less-fair sex. Chou chose Maxim because of its unprecedented success—it grew its readership from half a million to two million in 18 months. She calls Maxim “the male Cosmo,” though she says that “Maxim is better for men than Cosmo is for women...
Because of the easily accessible nature of her thesis topic, Chou says that “everyone had opinions and advice.” Even after handing in her Maxim opus, she still enjoys perusing the stacks of friends’ Maxims she has piled up on her bedroom floor. Upon spotting an article detailing the intricacies of dumping a dead body, she says, “You never know what they’re going to come up with next...
...jokes comprise an under-appreciated Maxim Delivery System (MDS for short). They can express important insights into the human condition yet retain a staying power that preachy sayings generally lack. On that note, let me offer three jokes intended to convey practical wisdom that I wish I had digested more completely as an undergrad...