Word: doom
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Tuesday, it must have been Paradise. Gloom and doom came into its own, donning its studded leather, ratting up its blue-black hair and condescending to strut its sinewy stuff in front of Peter Murphy, ex-lead singer of Britain's once most promising avant-garde band, Bauhaus...
...After); and sometimes on how we landed in the nuclear soup (The Atomic Cafe, The Dead-End Kids). The way these works and also comes in three brands: the Ominous Warning ("Time is running out!"), the Barely-Averted Disaster ("Whew, that was a close one!"), or Total Doom ("I told...
...that it would forgo the death penalty for Hamadei, bowing to a provision in the U.S.-West German extradition treaty that prevents Bonn from turning over prisoners who face capital punishment. After first indicating that extradition would be arranged quickly, Bonn officials grew concerned that any such course would doom one or both of the new hostages. Turning Hamadei over to the U.S., they suggested, would take at least several weeks and might not be possible at all. Said one government official: "Nothing will happen suddenly...
...Poor People's Campaign was precisely the type of coalition that could pressure federal, state, and local governments to act. His death spelled doom for that crusade, yet his idea should carry on, reminding us all that economic and educational opportunity are not equal for all Americans, but that they should...
...ever a subject demanded this treatment, though, Arthur Kopit '59 has hit upon it. In this play, his most autobiographical to date, Kopit confronts the unthinkable, the day of doom threatened by nuclear weaponry. The result is a surprisingly even-handed scenario despite the potentially heavy-handed enterprise. With the kinetic staging of avant-garde director Richard Foreman, the A.R.T. production is powerful and provoking...