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Erpingham (John Claflin) is the name of the director of a chain of British holiday camps, an upper crust, uptight version of Club Med. He is the Great Oppressor/Dictator/Imperialist, demanding religiously fanatic devotion and obeisance from his workers and campers while envisioning a world-spanding empire of holiday camps. He declares off-handedly that his campers don't have rights, only privileges--even food is a privilege...

Author: By Michael D. Shin, | Title: The Erpingham Camp | 8/14/1987 | See Source »

Stereotypes abound here: the ace pre-med, the social wizard, the musical prodigy. Usually they do not really fit the person they describe...

Author: By David S. Graham, | Title: A Chicago Sampler | 6/11/1987 | See Source »

...case, the pre-med stereotype really does fit. So do the labels social wizard and musical prodigy. But no psychologist, neurologist, or any other "ist" can explain how to combine all these stereotypes into one generalization that describes the life of Madison Sample...

Author: By David S. Graham, | Title: A Chicago Sampler | 6/11/1987 | See Source »

Resume items on seniors are easy to come by. Home: Southwest Chicago, Illinois. Academics: Biochemistry, pre-med. Social Life: Active. Activity: Jazz and Gospel piano player. Job: Manager at Harvard Student Agencies (HSA). None of these things says much about a person...

Author: By David S. Graham, | Title: A Chicago Sampler | 6/11/1987 | See Source »

...rantings against women, for instance, may outrage some, but they are a cathartic antidote to cool yuppie relationship-speak, brazen in their sheer excess. "I'm not worried about hell," he says, " 'cause I was ((exploding into a shout)) married for two f years! Hell would be like Club Med!" A stint at the piano for a song to his ex-girlfriend turns into a string of obscenities ending with "I want my records back!" His blasphemous accounts of the Last Supper and the Resurrection are startling reminders that even in the post-Lenny Bruce age, comedians still have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Ranting, Raving, Doing the Dishes | 4/27/1987 | See Source »

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