Word: rage
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...true, retorted Miller in a 115-page rebuttal. He dismissed the attacks as the "predictable venting of final rage by a chronic complainer." The winner in the slugfest: Who knows? Who cares? The loser: U.S. taxpayers, who paid an estimated $80,000 to prepare and publish the competing critiques...
...brush with violent death will bring the older man to guilt and confession, or the younger one to recognize that a child's claim on a parent may be something less than absolute. The dialogue, believable throughout the book, is at its best in this encounter. Speaking with rage and regret, Sam says to his son, "You still have hurty eyes...
...with his rudeness, proves too much for Salieri. Salieri becomes obsessed by his own inadequacy: "All I ever wanted was to sing to God. He gave me that longing, then made me mute." With his rival's music never far from his ears, Salieri's frustration soon hardens to rage. Convinced that God has chosen Mozart as his voice on earth, Salieri vows to undermine the God who betrayed him by destroying the musical prodigy...
Anderson, a native of Spokane, says he has always had a fascination for balloons, but in the wheatlands of eastern Washington balloon flying was hardly the rage. He studied economics and then political science, but the science bug bit him, and before long he was off to pursue a career in atmospheric chemistry...
Copying proven hits is, of course, nothing new for TV. But in past years the networks at least looked for other media bandwagons to jump on. A few seasons back, clones of Animal House were in fashion; another year, rip-offs of Raiders of the Lost Ark were the rage. This year, however, the networks have scarcely looked beyond their own backyard for inspiration. Along with the crime fighters, there will be the requisite batch of sitcoms, more romantic fluff from the Aaron Spelling factory, another in the parade of blooper shows (ABC's People Do the Craziest Things...