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...SILLIER SIDE of psychiatry shone through the diplomatic haze last Friday, when the State Department released an Air Force psychiatrist's report on a would-be Soviet defector. In several thousand equivocal words, a scientific charlatan shrouded hokum, pure and simple, in the mantle of medicine...

Author: By Daniel P. Oran, | Title: False Psychiatry | 11/16/1985 | See Source »

With these few pointers, students might avoid some of the sillier and more embarassing mistakes of fake IDs. Few bouncers are or want to be the Terminator. Most enjoy their work and don't verbally or physically harass the patrons. But just to be on the safe side, make sure you're not carrying anything out of Fathers Too when Sky's on duty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ID Do's and Don'ts: Some Tips From the Pros | 10/17/1985 | See Source »

...explicit meanings. He wittily exploits the affinity between artist and charlatan. A symbolist with roller skates, he moves very quickly across a vast terrain of appropriated motifs, and the results are usually banal. Even in today's morass of worthless "personal" imagery, it would be hard to find a sillier painting than one in the Castelli show of a green whirlpool a la Poe with a man and his separated genitals disappearing into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Symbolist with Roller Skates | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

...that dulls Moore's comic sheen. Thankfully the peculiarly pulchritudinous Irving can effectively play the foil to Moore's neurotic mannerisms. She possesses a wry vulnerability that suggests she's a lot of fun but a danger to play with. As for Moore, he looks shorter, funnier, and sillier than in any of his films since Arthur. Always a master of the "Mr. Sensitivity" roles, he has no difficulty making the case that if he doesn't get a son soon...

Author: By Cerus M. Sanai, | Title: Husband and Wives | 1/11/1985 | See Source »

...fight does come off as silly, but what is even sillier is the majority opinion which does not ever really deal with the overt religious symbolism of setting up a creche. It says that the scene is acceptable, because "We are unable to perceive the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Vicar of Rome, or other powerful religious leaders behind every public acknowledgement of the religious heritage long officially recognized by three constitutional branches of government. Any notion that these symbols pose a real danger of establishment of a state church is far-fetched indeed...

Author: By Victoria G.T. Bassetti, | Title: An Unseasonal Decision | 3/21/1984 | See Source »

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