Word: dumbness
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...fraudulent property sales and fakery of U.S. dollars. Fortunately, the sheer volume of such crime distracts Interpol from any interest in such divisive matter as spying-or so it proudly claims. "In an affair involving politics, religion or race," runs one of its prime rules, "Interpol is deaf and dumb...
...rooms had huge bags of the same material, which were regularly puffed up and then deflated by wind machines. To some, they looked like pillows for the Jolly Green Giant, to others, like an overwrought udder. Levine explains that he goes in for environmental art because "paintings are dumb. A person should be able to move through his environment and absorb what is happening...
...reaction to the "summies" is not difficult to understand. Certainly not all the girls are dumb--Wellesley sends probably the largest contingent other than Radcliffe--and not all of them tease their hair, wear too much makeup, speak in raucous Brooklyn accents, or sport tight Harvard sweat-shirts. But you notice those. "You don't realize how attached you are to this place," a Harvard junior explained, "until you see it being raped." A Cliffie commented, "During the winter you share Cambridge with 5000 of your own kind, so you don't feel terribly close...
...Named for the 19th century French Positivist philosopher who added the word "sociology" to the language. * Playboy has itself practiced entrapment at times by hiring private investigators who pretend to be eager Johns and ask club bunnies for a date. If the bunnies are dumb enough to accept, they may get fired...
...curious lethargy has settled on the most prestigious of Harvard's literary magazines. The Advocate, clearly awaiting some celestial go-ahead, has yet to publish an issue of undergraduate writing this year. The Scorpion, which last year out-sold all its competitors in Cambridge, has also been struck dumb; and in spite of the Boston Review's cry that it is "on the move," its second issue has not appeared. Only The Island and the Winthrop House magazine. The Lion Rampant, have produced two issues, excellent ones at that...