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Word: disorientation (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Predock says he talks about UFOs and "magic lines of power" mainly "to disorient myself and my colleagues so new thoughts can enter into the soup." He is open to a wider, wilder array of ideas than any of his successful peers. Predock's great accomplishment lies not just in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: An Architect for the New Age | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

In El Salvador, the report notes, journalists, church workers, women, children and teachers have been victims of abuse by various governmental defense organizations and paramilitary units. The methods include sexual abuse, the use of chemicals to disorient people, mock executions and burning of flesh with sulfuric acid.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Human Rights: Torture: a Worldwide Epidemic | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

Ironically, by resigning, Suárez may have made his most effective appeal yet to fellow coalition members to quit their constant infighting. In an emotional televised speech, Sudrez chastised U.C.D. critics and said that continued attacks on the government "could disorient public opinion, which approves the democratic system." As...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spain: Bold Departure | 2/9/1981 | See Source »

This album will either disorient or enlighten Jackson's old fans, and ought to attract some aesthetes who had dismissed him as a lightweight; he has grown as a poet and musician. The idols in his world are no longer the women he loses; nor are they the misfits or...

Author: By David M. Handelman, | Title: A Lightweight No More | 12/4/1980 | See Source »

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