Word: bents
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...best practitioners of twee, a musical genre that draws on the smooth boy-girl harmonies, catchy beats, innocent lyrics and the sheer musical simplicity of the ’50s and ’60s. Twee is, at its best, carefully crafted bubblegum pop with a slight alternative bent...
...thought Bill was pulling a Cahn job. According to Walda, Winchell once stormed into her apartment, brandished his pistol and threatened to kill her rather than let her marry Cahn. Walda went into a tizz, and her parents tried to have her institutionalized. The girl was heartbroken, maybe mind-bent, and Cahn disappeared...
...also needs to take a hard look at its own defense posture. If capabilities are a reflection of intentions, then America appears to be bent on world domination. The benign view of the Bush buildup is that America needs large gestures following last September's attacks. The cynical view is that he is "buying" votes in this mid-term election year. But whatever the reason, the combination of untrammeled U.S. economic and military power coupled with a new interventionist mood makes many allies nervous and resentful...
Take Bob Orsillo’s haunting computer-generated portrayal of homelessness in his piece, “Lost Dreams.” This depicts the strong back of a naked man shrouded in fog, his bald head bent in despair, his bare foot poised to take a step into nowhere. He is surrounded by stone walls and contained in a jail-like space. One feels distinctly that he is trapped but the man is not quite aware of his state. The emptiness becomes a void and his dreams lay scattered and elusive as the cloudy wisps at his feet...
...public relations luck either has had in a while. The president of the University and the newly-elected head of the Undergraduate Council need each other to show (his) interest in and (her) influence over Harvard undergraduate life. Lee’s surprising new agenda to reintroduce a political bent to the council rides on Summers’ prompting and participation—just as visits to council meetings are improving Summers’ credibility and visibility with undergraduates...