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CALL it "academic anomy." Call it "concentrator envy." It doesn't take a social theorist to recognize that some members of the Sociology Department suffer from an acute case of interdepartmental jealousy. Whatever you call it, the recent attacks on the academic legitimacy of Social Studies by Acting Chair of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Concentrator Envy | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

On Thursday, February 22, I attended the Hasty Pudding production of "Suede Expectations" with a friend. Along with the rest of the audience and cast, we were subjected to the most embarrassing display of juvenile, sophomoric and mean-spirited behavior I have ever witnessed at a Harvard function. Throughout the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hasty Pudding Disruptions | 3/8/1990 | See Source »

Q. Would it be ungracious to suggest that your humor is a trifle sophomoric?

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with DAVE BARRY: Madcap Airs All | 7/3/1989 | See Source »

A. Yes. Anyway, I like sophomoric humor. Sophomoric is often used as a pejorative term, but I myself remember laughing pretty hard as a sophomore.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with DAVE BARRY: Madcap Airs All | 7/3/1989 | See Source »

Just when you thought that spring break could not possibly get any more sophomoric, the Miller Brewing Co. presents Beachin' Times, a 16-page glossy advertisement that advises party dudes how to "scam babes" and turn the traditional Florida fling vacation "into your own personal trout farm." But the Beachin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advertising: Way Cool or Totally Bogus? | 3/27/1989 | See Source »

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