Word: needless
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Needless to say, there hasn't been an ideal Lampoon for as long as anyone in the world can remember. The problem isn't the chronic lack of belly laughs in a typical issue; wisely deciding that Daffy Duck type humor is best left to the Brattle, Poonies have aimed for something a little more subtle. But as the latest Thanksgiving number shows, the emphasis on subtlety can go a little too far--like when it blots out anything funny...
...Needless of say, all is not happiness. There is Willard K. Knatpole, who tries to uncover Ustinov's illegal schemes and steal his woman at the same time. Bob Newhart plays the part, and, believe it or not, he's funny. Oozing nauseating lechery out of his beady eyes, he makes his rotten ugliness a splendid contrast with Ustinov's lovable ugliness...
...gave my class the assignment of writing an original short story. The world of literature was not shaken by the results. However, a handful of ingenious students, well aware of the fact that Miss Y. did not watch television, proceeded to paraphrase recent Alfred Hitchcock programs. Needless to say, they received A's and flowery praises for their original ideas, organized plots and exciting conclusions. BARBARA J. HERMAN Boston...
...household. His tyranny becomes critical when, early in the play, it brings him into opposition with his daughter's plans to marry. The daughter, Angelique, wants to marry Cleante, but Argan, without consulting her, arranges for her marriage to Thomas Diafoirus, the son of one of his doctors. Needless to say, Cleante is a young Achilles, and Thomas Diafoirus a big booby. Throughout the first three quarters of the play, Argan perseveres in his blindness until, through a series of ingenious plots and disguises, he is brought down to earth, and the young love of Angelique and Diafoirus carries...
...Needless to say, not all students express disenchantment with the new course offering. Three-fourths of the 250 students enrolled in Soc Sci 5 are white; and some of them seem more disenchanted by the critics than by the course...