Word: tooled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...20th century's Gesamtkunstwerk (all-embracing work of art). But he fell far short. Given the present-day disinclination of opera houses to produce untried, experimental and expensive new works, as well as a changing musical aesthetic that now looks upon serialism merely as a compositional tool and not an end in itself, it is unlikely that Die Soldaten will spawn any successors. -By Michael Walsh
...phrase with the historian's acuity: "The '20s did not entirely take place in the '20s"; President Ford is "like a relative you have to visit now and then, with nothing much to report. You know, he's still working at Prudential or Tool & Dye"; William F. Buckley's "more right-wing pieces tend to remind me of someone talking extra-loud to a rich relative who must be kept in a good humor. 'Big Government. I said, Big Government...
Much to the dismay of the cadres of social conservatives and Moral Majoritarians who helped elect Ronald Reagan, the Administration insisted last year that the most prickly proposals on the New Right agenda, such as outlawing abortion and banning busing as a tool to desegregate schools, be put off while the new Government concentrated on the more pressing economic and budgetary concerns. Even now, many top officials, from the White House to Capitol Hill, would like to see these troublesome issues continue to simmer and sputter on a conveniently distant backburner. Conservative leaders, however, are in no mood to wait...
Jerry Wexler, Ertegun's former partner who helped produce some of the best soul sides ever cut, offers a more sweeping reason for the languishing rock culture. Contrary to the shared assumptions of the Woodstock generation, he insists, "rock isn't the best possible tool for insulting your parents or establishing the fact that you are a free person. Kids are too cool for that now." Certainly the music is cool, not in Wexler's hipster sense, but in mean degrees. A go-for-broke performer-someone who, like Springsteen or Pete Townshend, has the temerity...
...American businessmen, the computer has become both an indispensable tool and a constant source of trepidation. Wherever they turn, executives are warned how vulnerable their computer systems are to embezzlements or thefts of trade secrets. In an episode of the new TV series Simon & Simon, a 14-year-old boy connects his home computer to a telephone line, taps into the computer at his neighborhood bank and regularly transfers money into his personal account. In the current film Rollover, a New York banker pilfers secret information from the computer system of a rival bank. In scripts and on screens...