Word: bentely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...inspired by the example of the Iranian revolution, wants to destroy the last vestiges of Western "decadence" in the Islamic world, particularly the presence of the U.S., that "Great Satan." Whether the hijackers of Flight 847 fitted into that category, or were exemplars of a more classical political terrorism, bent on achieving specific ends in the region, was not yet known...
Right here on campus. The Harvard Film Archive (Carpenter Center, 34 Quincy St.) plans some good and somewhat obscure classics, not to mention horror and animation screenings. Though its located at artsy-fartsy central, most of the classic films have a distinct proletarian and social commentary bent. Among others, Stanley Kubrick's psycho-nightmare The Shining, his apocalyptic satire Dr. Strangelove and an Eastern European animation festival will fill the screens there this summer...
...those hell-bent on going pre-professional at a school other than Harvard, Harvard's best cocktail party conversation course can be gotten out of the way in only 8 weeks. Indeed FNAR S-13e zips you through one century of Western art every five days, allowing you to get back to the more serious professional pursuits of organic chemistry and business economics...
Smith's handiwork can already be seen throughout the corporation. Bent on beating the Japanese, he startled Detroit by deciding first to join them. In addition to importing autos from Japanese manufacturers, Smith has taken the unprecedented step of creating a joint venture with Toyota to build a small car in California. He further shocked the unwary by establishing a separate company to produce the subcompact Saturn, which will bear GM's first new nameplate since the Pontiac was introduced in 1926. Saturns will start rolling off the assembly line in two years...
...Haagen-Dazs ice cream parlors. "It's becoming a necessity for business, especially storefronts." Most workshops cannot keep up with orders, and not only because their business is growing. The problem: finding enough skilled craftsmen. Neon cannot be mass-produced; each piece of tubing must be heated and then bent by hand. There are only a few hundred neon artisans left in the country, and their average age is 50. Now, however, a dozen schools have opened to train newcomers. Architects are turning to neon to ornament postmodern designs, especially by tracing structural shapes and highlighting details. Slender ribs...