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...After a good practice," Olrich noted, "we're so psyched up, that we just want to yell and scream. It's not cockiness at all. We're just excited...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New School, Old Hat | 10/18/1986 | See Source »

...worry about things before they happen. I let things happen and I deal with them then . . . It's important to keep your sense of humor. You have to see the light side . . . If something is pressuring me, I have to get rid of it. I have to scream or yell or punch a bag." Fine, but maybe Connections should include a disclaimer, just to be safe. Something like "Warning: McMahon is a professional cutup. Do not attempt to follow all these instructions in your own home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 15, 1986 | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

Gallagher had a style that will be missed. He was certainly the only candidate in the Eighth to ascend Harvard protesters' plywood "Ivory Tower" and yell "Hey, this is fun!" from its summit...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: A Place for Idealism | 7/11/1986 | See Source »

...copying the slick style of the ad factories on Madison Avenue, local advertisers churn out low-budget affairs that they often write and produce themselves. Nothing is too ridiculous if it catches a viewer's attention: announcers attack water beds with chain saws or dress up like gorillas and yell, "You'll go bananas!" In some cases, these homemade off- the-wall routines have caused a company's business to increase 100% or more virtually overnight. Says Burton Manning, chairman of the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency: "Silliness sells when you're trying to get an ad to cut through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Now, a Gag From Our Sponsor | 5/19/1986 | See Source »

...baby making ("a kind of erotic arts and crafts"), and he disdains overtly proud dads who believe "mere fertilization is a reason for the high five." Interfamilial wars particularly stir his | juices. "Always end the name of your child with a vowel," he counsels, "so that when you yell, the name will carry." The generations must ever gap. "No matter how he talks, a father cannot sound hip to his children." But he has to hang in there. A father must "never say, 'Get the kids out of here, I'm trying to watch TV.' If he ever does start...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 12, 1986 | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

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