Word: bente
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LAUREL EARLE, R.N. Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Boston...
...ever so slowly, hanging by the knees from a partner's shoulders, the dancers stared blankly from zombie-like deadpans. Occasionally the master himself relaxed into a sneer, but for the most part it was only by the glistening of sweat or the trembling of a thigh or a bent knee that one could be sure the dancers were human, and not just sinuous, supple machines...
...four years since he came to power, Charles de Gaulle has bent the bulk of his energies toward solving the Algerian problem. Never humble, even in adversity, De Gaulle will not yield to the reasoning of his opponents "that if he succeeds in Algeria, he will no longer be necessary." Instead, the French people will be reminded of their debt to the man who might adapt Louis XIV's reputed maxim to read La nation...
...Saber Is Bent, Paar...
...Iguana is Williams' greatest play of self-transcendence. Esthetically, it is a comeback from recent plays (Sweet Bird of Youth, Suddenly Last Summer), in which he seemed to confuse assaults on the nerves with cries from the heart. Instead of willful self-destruction, the characters in Iguana are bent on living through and beyond despair...