Word: aims
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...belied by the above catalogue, there is not a lot of stylistic unity on Invisible. The one constant on this disk is Hitchcock's bizarre sense of humor, which leads him to rhyme the word "spanner" with such unlikely choice as "banana" and "iguana." When the aim is scabrous, Hitchcock creates "Trash," a scathing put-down of the star-fucking mentality in rock and roll and an explicit tribute to Lou Reed's "Dirt." But at his most playful, he comes up with "Point It At Gran," a suggestion to a gun-toting assailant...
Last year, Harvard made winning the Ivy League its primary goal, so its subsequent third-place finish at Easterns was a bit of a let down. This season, the Crimson made it clear that capturing an Eastern Championship would be the aim...
...There's a limit to what the school counselors can do." For fees of up to $2,500, private advisers take the time to find out a student's strengths and interests, put together a list of likely choices and assist with the application process. Most stress that their aim is to help the student find a match with an appropriate college, not package him for acceptance at an elite institution. Says Maurice Salter, a private consultant in Los Angeles: "We work long hours with students. We don't do anything magical...
...raisin makers went for it, as did Kentucky Fried Chicken, Aim Toothpaste, Captain Crunch, and an insurance company. Wise choice: The commercials resulting, the highlight of this retrospective sampling from Vinton's studio, are far more memorable than the products they hawk...
...corporate fitness trend is cresting at a time when some Government officials have taken pointed aim at businessmen for their inefficient ways. Last November, Deputy Treasury Secretary Richard Darman stirred controversy when he used the terms bloated and corpocracy to describe the U.S. business hierarchy. Darman's epithets rebutted executives who blamed federal tax and budget policies for problems with U.S. competitiveness. Both Darman and other officials, however, acknowledge that Big Business is changing its ways. Robert Ortner, chief economist for the Commerce Department, acclaims the present restructuring efforts of corporate America as "amazing...