Word: brent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...before Thanksgiving, the doctors told Brent J. Foster '97 that the cancer he has been fighting for eight years had returned in an inoperable form. He has "several weeks to a few months" to live, the physicians...
...after our debate (in which we came to no conclusive agreement), a dissent to a Crimson staff editorial, written by David B. Lat '96 and G. Brent McGuire '96 opened with the lines, "We find it strange that in their girlish enthusiasm for Ted Kennedy, the staff neglects to mention..." ("Vote for None of the Above," Opinion...
...Brent McGuire '95, senior council member, Peninsula...
Star Trek: Generations (directed by David Carson, who did several episodes of the series) continues the exploration of this theme. Data (Brent Spiner) has an "emotion chip" implanted in his brain, then suddenly has to deal with unfamiliar feelings like fear, remorse and giggly irresponsibility. Captain Picard, meanwhile, must overcome the siren-like lure of the Nexus, a timeless zone of pure joy that is being sought by the villainous Dr. Soran (Malcolm McDowell). The Nexus is a personalized fantasyland, where Picard experiences the idyllic home life he never had. Captain Kirk is there too, going through his own homey...
...Roddenberry's old optimism seems to be prevailing. "Gene Roddenberry had a point of view that space is infinite as far as we know, and therefore the possibilities for stories are infinite," says Brent Spiner, with Data- like precision. "In the original series, I think they had explored some 18% of the universe. We (The Next Generation) went into another 15%. So that leaves 67% of the universe left to explore." Which, by our calculations, should carry the show well into the 21st century, and that's not even traveling at warp speed...