Word: intentionally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fellow stars, who never approach his level, keep us from taking Bad Manners too seriously. Evidently unaware of the R rating, writers Houston and Kwong seem intent on making another Porky's II or Meatballs II without offering any first feature to establish characters or situations. In the Bleeding Heart, the kids really walk and talk like kids, albeit somewhat obnoxious kids, but taste sometimes get pushed aside by desperate lunges for the cheap laugh, as in, "What's that smell coming out of your sleeping bag?" At times funny, the gross-out school gets simply disgusting at times: contrary...
...students could justifiably expect the administration to exercise care not to invite a speaker who would be seriously offensive to large portions of the audience. If such a speaker were selected and the decision was announced, students might understandably ask the administration to rescind the invitation, provided that their intent was not to deny anyone the right to speak on campus but simply to avoid a situation that would make them choose between attending their own graduation and listening to a highly objectionable speaker. If the administration refused to rescind the invitation, students would be within their rights to express...
...thaw between Bonn and East Berlin this year has contrasted with the deepening chill between the superpowers. Honecker has seemed intent on pursuing detente despite the U.S.-Soviet deadlock. An unprecedented number of political and cultural delegations have exchanged visits across a barbed-wire border that was virtually impenetrable. So far this year, West German banks have extended credits, backed by Bonn, totaling $330 million to East Germany, which, in turn, has eased some restrictions on travel and allowed more than 30,000 of its citizens to emigrate to the West. Thus, even if the news that Honecker had postponed...
Adding to the tension and complexity of the negotiations are continuing fears of Japanese competition. The current U.S. auto boom would not be as robust without so-called voluntary restraints that limit the number of high-quality, attractively priced Japanese autos that Americans can buy. Industry leaders are intent on holding down labor costs to keep their cars competitive with the imports. Says GM Chairman Roger Smith: "Back in the '40s and '50s, the concerns were GM vs. Ford and vs. Chrysler. What happens here now affects GM vs. Toyota, vs. Volkswagen, and vs. everyone else." Ford Chairman...
Right now he is intent on conquering America. Although he has made brief commando raids into the U.S., never before has he attempted to become the star here that he is almost everywhere else. "No non-Anglo Saxon performer has been able to sell music in America," he says. "I want to make a bridge between Latin music and American music that others can cross afterward. In the music business the U.S. is tops. A No. 1 song here goes all over the world. I have taken a risk in coming here, and I have put my challenge in front...