Word: bowes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bow our heads in deference, we revere his clipped eloquence the only way we can--clipped, in fragments. "History exists only because words are corrupted." Or, "reading is the site where structure is made hysterical." How true, how banal--and how much of the banality lies in the dimensions of his discourse. Moment follows isolated moment, nothing is sustained...
...costs of hour-long action- adventure shows. Network payments do not fully cover the cost of making these series; production companies recoup their money by selling the reruns later in syndication. But hour series are not doing well on the rerun market, and some major studios are threatening to bow out of making them unless the networks pick up more of the cost...
...only a single synthesizer and two male backup singers. Her barrage of instruments included a particularly bizarre vocoder (a synthesizer that alters the sound of human voice), an amplified microphone stand on which she tapped out the beat for "Closed Circuit," and her own technological innovation, the magnetic tape-bow violin...
...forum was supposed to start. No one came. At 8:15, council members adjusted their bow ties and the collars of their tuxedo shirts. Still no one came. At 8:30, they bribed students studying at Cabot Library with offers of free food if they would just come and talk to their student government. At 8:39, two finally came...
...magazine and the National Lampoon, Ernie Kovacs and Monty Python, William S. Burroughs and Johnny B. Goode. Under the shrewd editorial tutelage of Producer Lorne Michaels, this over-the-top farce, gussied up a bit for home consumption, became the house style at Saturday Night Live. With a bow to Hunter Thompson, Aykroyd called it "Gonzo television...