Word: bastardization
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About halfway through “Blade Runner,” Harrison Ford sits down on a couch with a glass of liquor and inserts a photograph into a machine that looks like the bastard child of a dishwasher and a used VCR. It’s called an “Esper.” Its purpose? To vividly zoom in on any given portion of a photo, revealing clues to those who seek them. If there’s a metaphor for the experience of watching “Blade Runner,” this scene...
...that although he's always voted Liberal, he won't vote for Turnbull: "All he wants is to be Prime Minister with all his money." For that line he gets an arm around him, as does the 92-year-old woman who whispers, "Can we get rid of that bastard?" Amid the laughter, no one checks whether she means Turnbull or the P.M. "You're good at this, Bob," someone shouts. "Thought of running again yourself?" Hawke's heard this before. "Been there, done that," he says. "But no one's working harder for the cause, let me tell...
...former male escort and his current wife. The authors of “That Bitch” do plan to tap into the larger, more lucrative market of female self-help readers with a follow-up called—you guessed it—“That Bastard.” Self-help books draw a decisive line between the sexes, firmly sequestering them in enemy camps. Listed between the two books above is “Why Men Love Bitches,” a book that shows women how to become more desirable while losing any remnants...
...Harvard underclassmen, after a terminal illness that has plagued it for the last few years, was taken off life support today by Interim Dean of the College David Pilbeam. “It was time to let the poor bastard go,” said Pilbeam. “The Harvard social scene for minors is so strange and inhibited, that this was one of the only things keeping it going. So of course the only thing we could do was kick it to death while it was down.” Citing a number of legitimate reasons that will...
...roll in the hay. Her pregnancy forced their marriage and young Will fled the misery of Stratford-upon-Avon for London, where he promptly became the world's greatest playwright. Citing the omission of Anne's name from his will, academics have happily spun tales that she mothered a bastard, had affairs with her brothers-in-law and even seduced a Puritan preacher...