Word: deconstruct
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Philo Farnsworth was able to electronically deconstruct a moving image and transmit it to another room. "There you are," he said, "electronic television." (In the heated historical debate, both TIME and the U.S. Patent Office ended up giving him credit for the invention over his rival Vladimir Zworykin...
...interest of disclosure, let me say that I love television. I grew up watching it, even spent several years working for a network. I continue to be a zealous consumer. Some people can deconstruct the tiniest movement of the stock market; I can tell you what happened last night on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In our house, the tube-to-people ratio is a hefty 3:2. I have the same respect for television that an avid deer hunter has for guns--in order to appreciate the pull of the medium, I think you first have to understand its firepower...
...movie. So he writes a book that can't be made into a movie. "You want a $100 million blockbuster," he's saying right now. "Go ahead. Give it your best shot, suckers." He's walking around with $10 million in his pocket--while we're still trying to deconstruct Clarice's utensil use as she chows on steamed brains. We got burned, big time...
...change in how you choose your Houses is as fundamental as anything, and PBH affects so many students on campus," says Undergraduate Council President Noah Z. Seton '00. "They'd have to go and really deconstruct one major aspect of student life to make as big an impact...
...individuals, with emotions beyond the elation or disappointment produced by a grade on a final exam. At the same time, I know I'll miss the ability to paw through Widener or listen to Cornel West lecture. I'm also going to miss having a peer group that can deconstruct the latest Star Wars movie in terms of current literary theory. I'll fondly remember discussing Cambridge politics with members of the Faculty. So how does Harvard come to be less than the sum of its parts? By managing the College like a corporation. In addition to providing little...