Word: roper
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...study of scores of "experiencers," people who he believes have come in contact with extraterrestrial visitors. The striking similarity of their memories and Mack's academic reputation have led UFO believers to proclaim Abduction as the most important step yet in scientifically validating abduction experiences. A 1991 Roper poll found that 4 million people have had at least some abduction- related experiences, such as seeing unusual lights or missing time. "Until John came along, there wasn't enough credibility for this subject to support a methodological investigation," says Caroline McLeod, Mack's research chief. "Until now, if you decided...
...intelligence is that he is always reading books with the word "being" in the title and that he knows the definition of "irony." The hippest pop culture reference he can muster is when Leleina doesn't want him to move into her apartment and he replies, "What, is Mr. Roper gonna show up?" Any character aspiring to be the defining figure of my generation should be held to a much more sophisticated standard of involvement with the "Three's Company" lexicon...
...Roper poll last spring found that 22 percent of respondents felt it was "possible" that "the Nazi extermination of the Jews never happened...
...principle of free expression and are more likely to publish views that are repugnant or blatantly false. Also, says Lipstadt, "there may be a lot of young people who don't know about the Holocaust. They may wonder if there isn't something to these arguments." Indeed, a 1992 Roper survey found that 39% of U.S. high school students -- and 28% of adults -- didn't know what the Holocaust...
...romantic and half skeptic). A night manager in discreet hotels, Pine is, by definition, a "close observer" of people, a spy -- or novelist -- without a cause. In this instance his eye is trained largely on a glamorous slice of the "English leisure class": a jet-setting arms dealer, Dicky Roper, who is charming enough to be a Cabinet minister; his young plaything of a mistress; and such attendants as Sandy Langbourne, a sulky, beautiful, ponytailed lord with a gift for extermination...