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Dave W

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Anyone remember Professor Irwin Corey?
« on: July 29, 2014, 07:35:52 AM »
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Although he never did his political stuff on TV, he always been a committed leftist, yet Ayn Rand was a big fan of his. Go figure.

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Re: Anyone remember Professor Irwin Corey?
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2014, 08:15:20 AM »
I thought he was 100 back on the Ed Sullivan show!  Always one of my favorites as a kid.
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Re: Anyone remember Professor Irwin Corey?
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2014, 09:16:18 AM »
I used a picture of him in a recent Powerpoint show - depicting higher ed faculty.  No tomatoes were thrown.
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Re: Anyone remember Professor Irwin Corey?
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2014, 12:00:54 AM »
Rand was a fan of "intellect", so that might have been enough to meet her criteria...?
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