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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When pressed to reveal the secret of his success, Fleming admits it is his "tightly organized" lectures and enthusiasm while teaching that draw the crowds. Nonetheless, he refuses to take all the credit and modestly suggests that it is the subject matter--intellectual history--that brings the hordes of students...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Credit for Fun | 9/12/1985 | See Source »

Possibly the most important indicator of his success is that no one has ever fallen asleep in one of his lectures, Fleming says, or at least, he adds, he hasn't noticed the dozing students. But he does try to observe the expressions of students during lectures to see how material is being received. "Every instructor has people chosen intuitively throughout the lecture hall to read their faces...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Credit for Fun | 9/12/1985 | See Source »

Part of her success is due to the personal interest she takes in her teaching. Vosgerchian says she "tosses and turns" the night before every lecture because of her "intense desire to share" and the simultaneous fear that she might not convey her message to the students...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Credit for Fun | 9/12/1985 | See Source »

...consider myself a very good lecturer," concludes Cox, adding, "I love the performance element. Pacing, timing, voice intonation, and a lot of eye contact" are the key to his success, he adds...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Credit for Fun | 9/12/1985 | See Source »

...Soviets cannot begin to compete with: its mass culture, so pervasive that Moscow teenagers pay black-market prices for blue jeans and television viewers the world over are addicted to Dallas and Dynasty. Radio Marti, the Reaganauts' new propaganda tool aimed at Castro's Cuba, is a huge success, not for its anti-Communist editorials but for its pop music and steamy soap opera Esmeralda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great War of Words | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

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