Word: unconvincingness
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Most of the thinkers represented in the Kent School symposium believe that while revivalism is seldom Christian in any important sense, it can be the beginning of a real cultural baptism. Their arguments, best presented in the papers by Florovsky, Murray, Pollard, and Niebuhr, are fascinating, if unconvincing.
In all the sociological fiction and fictional sociology on suburb and exurb, remarkably little has been written about the country club. The Charley Grays may occasionally get high there beyond the point of no return, or men in grey flannel suits may make unconvincing passes at fellow members' wives...
Involving a critical mission into enemy territory to knock out a bridge, the bulk of the film is concerned with the exploits of our brave Americano amidst a most unconvincing group of gypsies. Particularly grating is the phoney accent meant to simulate Spanish, ably seconded by the blatant and ill...
The Snow Was Black is another esoteric and macabre film from the French flick factories that seeks to demonstrate the effects of depravity and loss of hope. Artfully acted, it remains profoundly unconvincing in motivation, without a sense of unity, and almost cheap in exploitation of shock sequences.
Since most of Newsweek's readers don't know that Harvard has not experienced a religious renascence, we can only hope such unconvincing misinterpretations will appear obvious, and will give the lie to Newsweek's Easter Feature generally. The spirtual ripple caused by a slight increase in church attendance and...