Word: armfuls
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their model -- commonly his wife Phyllis -- inscribes herself on one's view without ceremony. Her poses seem fallen into, not directed, as natural and unaffected as could be. But what holds one's eye is the resolution Diebenkorn finds in the architecture of the body: the way a transverse arm cuts across the gourdlike shape of hips, the thrust of a shin redefining the space around it, the clear slicing of light into dark and profile into void. Diebenkorn's line learned its decisiveness in front of the model. It is clear and energetic, but less meaningfully...
...unprecedented uproar from U.S. Jews complicates Shamir's exquisite dilemma. His Likud bloc must either embrace the religious and right-wing parties to form a narrow coalition at odds with most American Jews, or entice the Labor Party into a broad coalition that would dilute Likud's strong-arm policies toward the Palestinians. After four weeks of marathon negotiations, the Prime Minister has yet to make the choice...
...region. Last spring Shultz waged a similar single-handed campaign on behalf of a memorandum of agreement that strengthened Israel's unique military and economic ties to the U.S. He resisted suggestions that the U.S. should use the memorandum negotiations to persuade Israel to moderate its strong-arm tactics against the Palestinian intifadeh...
...assembled Palestinians in the domed auditorium of the Club des Pins convention center, Yasser Arafat donned a pair of spectacles and began reading softly from the document he held in his hands. Then the Palestine Liberation Organization chairman's voice suddenly rose in a crescendo and his right arm chopped the air. "In the name of God, and in the name of the Palestinian Arab people," Arafat shouted into the microphone, "the Palestine National Council announces the establishment of the state of Palestine, with holy Jerusalem as its capital...
...allowed his two backups, Rod MacLeod and Tim Perry, to play. MacLeod, it turned out, had as much fire as Yohe, leading the Crimson to 28 second-half points against Brown. Perry, who started against the University of Pennsylvania in Week 9, proved he may not have Yohe's arm, but has great running skills...