Word: abstract
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...market is so hard that it has little to dowith how good you perceive yourself to be or howgood you are in some abstract sense of the word,"he says. "A lot of it has to do with how fortunateyou...
...friend or loved one has failed to share our enthusiasm for a favorite movie or novel? But the issue is blunted here by the fact that the painting is treated as a joke from the start--and a dated one at that. It's the old wheeze about how abstract art appeals only to pretentious critics (and suckers like Serge), while ordinary folks see the emperor's new clothes...
...Harvard's campus, boasting a surprisingly superb and broad collection of paintings and sculpture. The exhibits are self-contained and easily manageable in an afternoon, so there's no need to wade through acres of Post-Impressionist gaffes before you find a masterpiece. Particularly noteworthy are the installations of abstract art, German expressionism and the Impressionists, the latter containing an absolutely terrific Van Gogh self-portrait. Plus, it's all FREE with your Harvard I.D. FREE! That's over $20 less than paying someone $20 for no reason whatsoever...
...tendency to improvise relatively freely of bar downbeats, as well as her use of parallel octave lines and other mannerisms, suggest a strong Bill Evans influence. Her music flows a little more freely than Rubalcaba's, at least in these performances, and she introduces elements of chaos and abstract texture that the other trio never attempts...
...Council resolutions notwithstanding, the cost of taking military action would still outweigh any benefit for Washington. ?There was very little international support for a military strike,? says Dowell. ?Iraq was not an immediate threat and it was difficult to see why we would be bombing people because of an abstract future threat...