Word: twists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...caper, like QEII, is carried out by a mixed band of Irish, German and Arab thugs. Far from aiming to bring capitalist society to its knees, the attackers just want the capital. There is an ideological twist to the scheme, however. As envisioned by Harlan Stone Huckleby, an embittered retired major general and wealthy industrialist who finances the siege, the island's capture is intended to drive home the message to all Americans that the nation is woefully unprepared to resist enemy attack. The dotty general's Götterdammerung is orchestrated by Peter Stiehl, an engaging mercenary...
...offset the higher cost of motor fuel" so that "companies would not have to pass the 50-cent fuel tax on to consumers in the form of higher prices." Companies won't have to pass on higher costs, but if they can, they will. The upshot: yet one more twist in the inflationary spiral...
...Greg Louganis proved he could twist and spin both on the ground and in the air. A member of Dick Clark's American Bandstand troupe, Louganis danced to the latest hits and that summer became a hit himself, substituting a platform diving board for a platform stage and soaring to an Olympic silver medal...
Martin Davies, as Edgar, often manages to escape Sellars' designs. His sweet British accent gives Shakespeare's poetry its proper melody. And his transformation from Eton dupe to London punk adds a clever twist to Sellars' dismal view of modern civilization...
Smith comes across the same way on the court. She doesn't race down the floor, she glides. She doesn't jump, jerk, fake and twist her shots in; she floats up, arches and guides the ball through the hoop...