Word: version
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...trio is undoubtedly going places. It was that the audience actually got involved in the show. At the end of "Airport," a cascade of ping-pong balls descended upon the crowd. Of course, throwing the balls at the band had become somewhat of a tradition at shows (the CD version of their single ends with the sounds of a ping-pong game) ever since their coffee shop days. The band was obviously enjoying themselves and even invited several of their friends from other Boston-area bands to join them on stage. When the clock struck "midnight" at 11:00 real...
...Well, that concept didn't fly. Professor Scrutiny Version One, in magazine jargon, was killed...
...Professor Scrutiny Version Two suggested a more politicized approach. Working title: "My Professor's Totally Loaded! Faculty Salaries at Harvard." We'd dig and dig until we discovered who was making the big bucks and which professors got offers from Harvard they just couldn't refuse--a new Volvo, sabbatical every other year, a mega-office. Could have been great but without much enthusiasm from the FM editorial staff the story pooped out--dead again...
...couple of months ago, the Professor Scrut rose from the grave. Version Three working title: "Professor Houses." We'd publish FM Architectural Digest with luscious photography of the homes of Harvard's most esteemed faculty. They'd welcome us into their Victorian mansions or humble bungalows and give us the full tour from home-office, to library, to master bedroom. We'd wait for the "golden hour" around dinner time to shoot the grounds and the photos would be worthy of Better Homes and Gardens. But all 40 of Harvard's big wigs said no--"no way"-- except Harvey Mansfield...
...story wasn't dead. Not yet. FM's associate editors and a team of all-star writers rushed in with Professor Scrut Version Four, working title "Doing Professor things with Professors." The idea: shop with the shopping professor, cook with the cooking professor, bowl with the bowling professor; whatever. Thanks to six friendly faculty members, the story came back to life--with some creative twists--giving this week's issue its whopping ten-page Scrutiny (starting page...