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Author: Mark Kingwell

Mark Kingwell is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto whose most recent book is Question Authority: A Polemic About Trust in Five Meditations (Biblioasis).

49th PARALLEL (2)

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DERRING-DO

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KILL YOUR ENTHUSIASM (20)

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Omar Little

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KOJAK YOUR ENTHUSIASM (11)

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Nobody alive had a straighter face than Lorne Greene.

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NERD YOUR ENTHUSIASM (7)

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Maybe the best of these many little nerd-worlds

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FIVE-O YOUR ENTHUSIASM (2)

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Napoleon Solo is an excellent name for a secret-agent man.

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CARBONA YOUR ENTHUSIASM (7)

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The song is actually ironic, something I did not appreciate at the time.

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KLAATU YOU (22)

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Every kid I knew had a favourite Thunderbird.

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SERIOCOMIC (36)

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Of course I envied the other kids their cool Marvel and DC comics.

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CONVOY YOUR ENTHUSIASM (14)

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A heady mixture of adventure and absolute tosh.

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The Man with Six Senses (Intro)

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Introduction to our 2013 edition of Muriel Jaeger’s sci-fi novel.

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TUBE YOUR ENTHUSIASM (11)

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“This endless TV road trip set the standard for crew-cut cool.”

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WOWEE ZOWEE (3)

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Mark Kingwell on DUMMY

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KLUTE YOUR ENTHUSIASM (4)

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HARPER

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TALISMANIC OBJECTS (11)

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ZIPPO

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#SQUADGOALS (8)

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THE HONG KONG CAVALIERS

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