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Word: bentely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...weird forms of art have a strong bent...

Author: By Emily Mieras, | Title: `Twas Twenty-One Days Before Christmas | 12/4/1987 | See Source »

...Berry made both. For he defined the music, moods, moves and malevolence of rock 'n' roll. His twangy blues guitar fused -- indeed, electrified -- rhythm and blues and country music, even as his popularity helped desegregate early rock. His lyrics rollicked with internal rhymes, subversive satire and a wit that bent and broadened the language. He demolished the pop-music wall that had long separated singer and songwriter; now a man could perform his own compositions and do it with amazing sass. He could do wrong too, and here again Berry was a pioneer. Through decades of one-night stands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chuck Berry: Still Reelin', Still Rockin' | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

...left Fadlallah unharmed. These and other disclosures drew a barrage of denials, as well as cries from the intelligence community that telling such provocative tales, true or false, harms U.S. spying capabilities. Woodward's account also raised fresh questions about Congress's ability to control a "rogue" CIA director bent on circumventing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did A Dead Man Tell No Tales? | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

...other, negotiations between the rival factions collapsed at a 90-minute breakfast meeting at Seoul's Diplomatic Club. Said Kim Dae Jung: "It became evident that we could not reach an agreement on a single candidate." While party mediators scrambled to bring the Kims together again, both men seemed bent on pursuing their own paths. Unless one gives way, they will divide the opposition vote against Roh Tae Woo, head of the ruling Democratic Justice Party and the designated successor of South Korea's autocratic President, Chun Doo Hwan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Korea: Kim Out, Kim Out, Whoever You Are | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

Tired of last year's tubular furniture? Depressed by dreary drapes, bent blinds, avocado wallpaper and grease-stained cushions? Embarrassed when splayed rattan furniture leaves your guests bleeding? Yes, but you have neither the time nor patience to tackle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Vanguards Of Design, '80s-Style | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

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