Word: sections
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this issue is the second appearance of a new department, Critics' Choice, which will offer brief reviews of outstanding books, movies, records, concerts and plays, as well as a short list of notable television programs. The section, which will appear on alternate weeks, is written by and reflects the collective intelligence of TIME's cultural critics. In an age cluttered with entertainment options, Critics' Choice aims to help readers choose their diversions wisely...
From the moment he rolled out of bed, Arthur Johnson found himself locked in silent combat with a sense of escalating dread. Over breakfast and as he walked to work through Brooklyn's shattered Brownsville section, the power of positive thinking had kept the terror at bay: tonight he'd be making his singing debut at Harlem's Apollo Theater, and that was obviously something to worry about. But the venue shouldn't matter to a real pro, he told himself over and over. If a man hits the right notes in the shower, he can do the same thing...
...sense, the reading of the sports section is a tribal rite of passage for men, indicating that they, too, will take their place among the armchair major leaguers and couch potato/homerun hitters. Grownup men never seem to lose their fantasy of major league status, even if the closest they ever came was a hit with the bases loaded in second grade Little League...
...picture shifts to a large lecture hall on a Tuesday morning. The professor drones on about the reification of post-Kantian theories of kitsch. A student sinks back in his seat. The Globe sports section has replaced notetaking. His pen traces patterns around the box scores. The numbers recall the sensational double play in the bottom of the fifth of last night's Padres-Mariners game...
...same is true of Ronald Reagan's "win one for the Gipper" appeal. Voting has become the extension of a sporting event. And after all, the political news is in the same paper as the sports section...