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...still little known and working--though sometimes to surprising effect--with the dwindling resources of fin-de-siecle Symbolism. Both men were coming to grips with Cezanne and the means by which he represented space--with shallow patches of pigment that create the illusion of depth but still assert themselves as smears of pigment on the surface of the canvas. Matisse was the first to grasp its implications. But Picasso would drive further into them...
...Holley Breakthrough, celebrates his firm, best known for selling electricity meters, as "the model of the Made-in-China era." But the greatest awe is for Wang's acquisition of foreign companies, especially public ones, a strategy with great symbolic value in an era in which China wants to assert itself as a global investor, not just an exporter...
...proposed reconciliation of this constitutional tension is to note the extraordinary qualifications of this candidate and to urge the Senate to confirm Mr. Estrada; actually, all the Democrats have to do is to allow the nomination to come to a vote. The Senate should assert its constitutional power against presidential nominations for judicial office, and arguably even with a filibuster, when the nominee does not possess the high qualifications for federal judicial office. Mr. Estrada’s record in the Solicitor General’s Office suggests that he is no ideologue. When high ability and good character...
This penis was not the “symbol of peace,” of which Esensten writes in his comment. These men felt that it was their right to build this pornographic sculpture whose only purpose could be to assert male dominance. I am dismayed that The Crimson chose to both publish the picture of the snow penis and Esensten’s commentary, both of which were extremely offensive...
Most Kuumba members firmly assert that their increased diversity is a genuine move towards racial harmony...