Word: afterthought
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...against bright yellow canvas. Then he hung the stencil itself on the fabric-also upside down. A handy whisk broom was slapped onto another tapestry. Working on a third, Miró's eye lit upon an empty paint bucket; he rammed it into the composition then, as an afterthought, added a fake spill of paint made of canvas. He proposed scorching certain areas to darken the hemp, and soon the studio flared with gouts of kerosene fires, quickly lit then doused...
...office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors." Impeachment was limited to removal from office and disqualification from holding future office; any other punishment would require criminal proceedings in the courts. The Vice President and civil officers had been added as an afterthought. Throughout the impeachment debate, the founders' wary eyes were almost exclusively on the President. But only once has the full machinery they designed been put into action-against President Andrew Johnson, who had come to office upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln...
...people who make up GRO have long seen the need for a change in how politics is pursued. A political candidate, especially on the local level, ordinarily is chosen before any platform is worked out. The platform is an afterthought worked out to appeal to the largest number of voters. After the elections, the platform is immediately relegated to the dust...
...people who make up GRO have long seen the need for a change in how politics is pursued. A political candidate, especially on the local level, ordinarily is chosen before any platform is worked out. The platform is an afterthought worked out to appeal to the largest number of voters. After the elections, the platform is immediately relegated to the dust...
...film we discover that dedicated G-man Purvis retires from the force after killing Dillinger and that thirty years later he shoots himself with the same gun that he used to kill Dillinger. This is the movie's interesting tale and yet it is tacked on as an afterthought. What drove Purvis to such a symbolic end? We would rather explore Purvis' character deeply because we learn nothing of Dillinger...