Word: pseudo
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...Pseudo-Science...
President Faunce points to the human helpfulness of the new department. "This movement," he says, "is not to be confused with a kind of pseudo-science, morbidly interested in dissecting the student's mind rather than in helping a human being. The chief troubles of students as of all young people lie deeper than the mere physical. Students struggle with fears, repressions and other obstacles that are revealed to very few even of those who know them best. They come to college and are faced at once with the necessity of readjusting their lives to a new set of traditions...
...flair, this movie’s deep flaws destroy the elegantly crafted political thriller that might have been. Cheap budgets, mind-numbing incoherence and nonsensical plotting overshadow the few genuine surprises and admirable political idealism to leave only a square-jawed action movie for pseudo-intellectuals that never lives up to its ambition...
...shouted “O-K Gben-ga” and took off their jackets to reveal t-shirts proclaiming “I Gbenga” with his ID card picture in the center of the heart. After Okusanya controlled his guffawing, the show was underway with a pseudo-lesbian dance to Britney’s “Toxic,” complete with a kiss before blackout...
...more effective was the authentically anthemic “Almost Crimes,” which had Haines and pseudo-frontman Kevin Drew singing together in waves of mounting energy, leading the audience to rewarding sections of frantic improvisation. This song, with its impromptu guitar solos and impassioned finale, truly stole the show and the audience. “Cause=Time” was another highlight—a steadily chugging offbeat propelled the more restrained, but just as powerful number, its potential voltage crackling under a metronomic progression...