Word: evil
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stare as we did at the 10th and 20th replay of the shuttle explosion? Because we couldn't pull our eyes away. Not from the fireball, not from the eerie pre-flight scenes of the astronauts, not from the sight of grieving family members confused by the evil twist of emotions in the moments after launch. They couldn't believe it, and neither could we. Still harder to accept is that man's vulnerability was bared by the failure of the Challenger, a technological miracle designed to shield man from the most hostile of elements, and from death itself...
...made more impressive by being said by a dwarf." Lest anyone miss the relevance of this portrait of privilege, Bond and Composers Nick Bicat and John McKinney have interspersed 15 eerie, offbeat songs, their lyrics tinged with references to tanks, gas chambers, rockets and other modern manifestations of authoritarian evil...
...dies under interrogation and the Ministry discovers its error. A refund is sent to the family, and the duty of delivering the check is given to Lowry. The experience of walking into the ruined Buttle home and seeing the almost catatonic widow gives Lowry the first intimation of the evil behind the checks and receipts which pass over his desk every day. It also gives him a glimpse of Jill Layton, a truck driver whom he recognizes as the maiden in his dreams...
Many here view the University as inherently evil, as a bastion of old ways and old ideas that will never change...
Derek Bok, I can assure you, is not an evil man. And for the life of me, I cannot figure out the attraction of University bashing...