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...office of mousey psychiatrist Dr. Prentice (David Natzler), the play juggles the three recurrent themes of sex, madness and mistaken identity in a farcical manner which grows tedious before the close of the first...

Author: By Mark D. Epstein, | Title: An Unfortunate Confirmation | 11/3/1973 | See Source »

...about applying for women's jobs, despite the traditionally lower pay. During the second quarter, 2,656 were hired as operators, filling 17% of the openings (the company's goal was 10%). Some possible explanations: many men as well as women may prefer the relative comfort of tedious indoor work to the rigors of outside jobs, and many men may still consider white-collar work more socially prestigious than better-paying blue-collar jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EMPLOYMENT: Crossed Wires at Bell | 10/22/1973 | See Source »

...SHAKESPEAREAN. In Henry IV, Prince Hal declares: "If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to work." The sheer number of baseball and basketball contests tends to satiate all but the most avid fans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Football: Show Business with a Kick | 10/8/1973 | See Source »

...Chem 20 prerequisites, Chem 6 should be elected only by students with superb math aptitude and science capacity. Chem 40a may fulfil the second half of the initial year chemistry requirement; however, Chem 40a is simply not recommended by me for the following reasons: it focuses primarily on tedious calculations and its lab is useful primarily in making anal compulsives out of premedical students who are already too far developed along those lines. Most importantly, the techniques learned simply are not terribly relevant to anything done in medical school courses...

Author: By Fred Fox, | Title: The Future Doctor's Friend | 9/17/1973 | See Source »

...treat this beautiful, cultured and bitchy woman who is thrust into the hands of outlaws. He chooses the easiest way out. Her enticing sexuality is expressed through the constant threats of rape, talk of rape and rape attempts which weigh down the film like a tedious motif each time it turns its attention to Miles...

Author: By Lewis Clayton, | Title: The Man Who Loved Nobody | 8/14/1973 | See Source »

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