Word: busted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Those who came late to Wilsonian autocracy are familiar only with the brooding mandarin, ominously reminiscent of Sydney Greenstreet contemplating the bust of the Maltese falcon. The persona was carefully cultivated by the master, whose "Do not disturb" sign was printed in his face and on his stationery ("Mr. Wilson regrets that it is impossible for him to .. write introductions ... make speeches ... judge literary contests ... give interviews ... autograph books for strangers ... donate copies of his books to libraries . . . contribute to symposiums of any kind ... supply personal information about himself"). Critic Alfred Kazin suggests that "anyone so extraordinarily gifted, and obsessed...
...partner in Washington Square and we started talking. My partner is 'processing' her now. You've got to find out if they've got problems, if they're smart enough to say they are 18 when the cops make a bust. The majority of girls I've gotten so far got raped by fathers or uncles or somebody...
Figuratively as well as literally, bomb making is a boom-and-bust business. Last year it was bust for Norris Industries of Vernon, Calif., one of the biggest and busiest U.S. makers of casings and other metal hardware for bombs, mortar shells and artillery projectiles. The reduction of the American war effort in Viet Nam cut Norris' military sales by more than a third, though they still accounted for 28% of the company's total revenues of $272 million. Now the boom seems likely to resume with the intensification of U.S. bombing in Southeast Asia. In the first...
...written for the screen." It was about a professor caught in a crisis of values. It was, he says, loosely based on Harvard. The premise: Blacks and white radicals at the quasi-mythical Hudson University occupy College Hall and the president rather than inviting the bloodshed of a police bust, yields his office to a radical professor (Anthony Quinn). The film. Segal feels, is very well argued intellectually. But serious production errors killed it before it ever got started The casting of Ann-Margaret as a Radcliffe-type undergraduate did not help matters (although she got her acclaimed role...
...broke by 1980, according to the American Association of Colleges. The problem: with few endowments or research grants, many survived hand-to-mouth on tuition fees. In recent years, the recession has driven students to cheaper public colleges. When the enrollment boom ended, financially weak colleges went bust...