Word: classics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...guide today's students, many of whom appear to Bloom to be sex-ridden moneygrubbers marching to the beat of rock music ("commercially prepackaged masturbational fantasy," says the professor). The only sure way back, he claims, is to re- establish the disciplines of the liberal arts, with the classic philosophers and European savants at the heart of the curriculum...
...start an armed rebellion against the government. These, after all, were children of the Khomeini revolution, indoctrinated in the dream of conquering the world for Islam. But on this occasion they had another aim: they began to dance wildly as the pulsating rhythms of Michael Jackson's disco classic Thriller blared from the tape recorder the youth had placed beside the wall...
...which may be urban or rural, domestic or foreign, modern or ancient, or on subject matter, for which these days the rule seems to be the kinkier the better. The clash comes instead over format. Most writers seem to prefer one-shot stories, as full of catharsis as a classic tragedy, while publishers -- and readers -- clamor for series in which a likable, marketable character appears again and again. The series hero offers predictable pleasures, and some outstanding examples -- Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Nero Wolfe -- attract faithful followers who are not otherwise fans of the mystery form. For writers, however...
...Head Sycophant, Chief Redcoat Riley (Peter Becker), Ken picks a fight with the less-than-tactful Riley for hitting his pregnant wife, causing general mayhem in the process. Erpingham, who stands for no such disturbances, promptly refuses to feed his campers and locks them within the grounds. In the classic rags-to-riches mode, Ken, with some help from Ted, leads a revolution against the director, and what follows is typically brutal Orton entropy...
...play. Much like the introduction of the corked bat and the designated hitter in the U.S., the Afghan innovation has clearly irritated a few hidebound older fans back in Moscow, who constantly demand that the commissioner "lower the mound" in mountainous Afghanistan to bring offense and defense back into classic balance...