Word: hellbent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rolling Stones: Undercover of the Night (Julian Temple). Blood and revolution south of the border; this is a perfect representation of the Stones '83-tough, nasty, sardonic and hellbent...
Still, the children wheedled old battle stories out of the principals. They know the creek bend where a grisly ambush occurred, and the ridge where Jim Vance (a Hatfield inlaw) made a hellbent stand against far too many McCoys. And they think they know who was to blame, though their opinions tend to run along family lines. Robert McCoy, 36, the well-fed and worldly mayor of Matewan, points a finger at the meddlesome Hatfields who invaded the election grounds: "Politics-that was what the whole thing was about. One family meddling in the other's interests." Another McCoy...
...tired of political parties too heartless to help the poor, scared of leaders hellbent on the nation's and the world's destruction, and yet full of hope for a cooperative and peaceful future, we urge the rejection of Carter, Reagan and Anderson. The answer to the president's question is simple: Commoner and his Citizens' Party are the best choice, and they deserve support...
Stenmark's technique is spare and tightly controlled, quite unlike the hellbent, hurtling style of a Killy. In the early days of slalom competition, skiers navigated the gates with looping S-turns. Later they flattened out the S-turns and substituted rapid-fire slashes, often brushing the poles. The Swede has achieved further refinements, reducing the slashes to mere flickers of shifting body weight. He owes much of his letter-perfect form to exceptional physical gifts. "He has tremendous balance, great agility, a good eye and fantastic concentration," says former U.S. Alpine Team Director Hank Tauber. "He has what...