Word: bents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...enemies, not ourselves, to invade and conquer. Pod seeds fall from outer space and rob sleeping humans of their emotions, their very selves. It was Us vs. Them, cold-war style -- and in this cunning parable of persecution, Them could be communism or McCarthyism. It could be any ism bent on robbing the U.S. (Us) of its ragged individualism...
Actually the source of their agony is the same person, a gushy and gauche young woman (Sophie Thompson, sister of Oscar winner Emma) on whom both of the men and the lesbian fix their romantic longings. The same bent for imagination that makes them so keen for the game lets them see undying devotion where only vague kindness is meant. Sweet but terminally insensitive and preoccupied with her own problems as the battered wife of a stalking husband, this unlikely femme fatale remains unaware of her allure until much too late...
Construction is a fact of life for a 358-year-old University bent on expansion. But finding a precedent for the $20 million renovation of the hall built to commemorate Harvard students who fought and died for the North in the Civil War stretches the memory...
...reach. From Malaysia to Pakistan to an ascent of Kilimanjaro to a descent with South Pacific sharks, literally, he roamed. Along the way he was a spiritual pilgrim as well, exploring psychic phenomena the scientist within him assessed carefully but many times failed to discredit. He says he bent spoons, visited a past gladiatorial life in Rome, had his aura fluffed as you would a poodle. Once, he found himself in the desert conversing with a cactus, which he insulted, only to feel contrite...
Brigham and Women's was itself the product of a previous merger, when Peter Bent, Brigham and the Boston Lying-In Hospital joined in hospitable matrimony. Now, hospital leaders must once again confront the perennial problem law firms face: Whose name goes first...