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For Dewitt's Sociology course on "Collective Behavior: Riots, Panics, and Speculative Crazes," the professor has assigned a rather unusual example of group dynamics taken to its logical extreme. The premise of Death Race 2000 (Kirkland House)--an cross-country automobile competition with time reductions awarded according to the number...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Movies to Make Mom Proud | 5/2/1985 | See Source »

There is something incredibly pat and wonderfully sappy about the George Foreman story, a sort of factual mockery of the best-known work of Sylvester Stallone. This guy was bad, as he himself put it. He kept a lion and a tiger because they were bad. He had 47 fights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas: Spreading the Word | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

Although there have been scattered threats of violence among farmers who feel manipulated and want to strike out at someone or something, most of their protest has been a stolid, dignified resistance to farm foreclosures or forced auctions. Some 40 supporters of Ray Parks, 42, gathered in front of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinging to the Land | 2/18/1985 | See Source »

But, Sylvester added, the magazine has also received positive feedback from readers. "We've received a lot of praise," she said, mostly from younger alumni.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boy George Jars Alumni Mag Readers | 1/8/1985 | See Source »

The magazine rarely receives this much attention for one issue, Sylvester said. "This is the liveliest thing that has happened around here is a long time."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boy George Jars Alumni Mag Readers | 1/8/1985 | See Source »

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