Word: armed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...held confidently. The culminating pose, however, the "Grand Arabesque, Third Time" (of which there are five or six variations in the exhibit) does not fare so well. The dancer has begun to lose her balance; and Degas communicates this with subtle wit by having her thrust her right arm away from the wing-spread position and lock elbow out in front--down towards the ground. Her palm has opened and is ready to break her fall. Of course, the statuettes leave unsaid that this maneuver might also break all the bones in the dancer's thin wrist were...
...lines") to ingeniously turn on its head the wit of his voyeuristic studies of women doing their toilette. While this particular task might conjure up a singularly awkward and unattractive image, Degas transforms it into a pleasing, fluid pose. The right hand lies poised on the hip, leaving the arm curved backwards in an arc behind the back, while the left arm wraps tight around the body to reach the string, merging with the other arms to form a swirling ensemble...
...have been interested in pushing the story for another reason: to save itself from extinction. Early last month Attorney General Griffin Bell, noting that he considered drugs "the biggest crime problem in America," announced that he was looking into the possibility of dismantling the agency, an arm of the Justice Department, and letting the FBI alone handle narcotics investigations...
Goon Squad. Perhaps the best that one can expect is to be picked up by the Public Safety Unit (P.S.U.), which is charged with tracking down ordinary criminals. This strong-arm squad usually drags the victim off to Makindye prison and beats him blue around the genitals, then extorts money or property before letting him go. The power of the paramilitary agents is theoretically limited, but Amin pays little attention to their behavior, so they are free to beat, extort and even kill...
Sensing the mood, Carter's lobbyists on the Hill realized that they faced a losing fight. The President invited the committee's Democrats to a White House breakfast (orange juice, Danish and coffee), but he too took a low-key approach. "There was no arm twisting whatever," reported Connecticut's William Cotter. Added Arkansas' Jim Guy Tucker: "He didn't press us to the wall or anything. He was very reasonable...