Word: ballooned
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...Freeman and his friends never saw the exhibit of “Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons,” which featured cutting-edge work from the last 40 years, including a giant stainless-steel balloon dog and oversized furniture...
...others say that the problem dates back at least a year, the result of something they call the “balloon effect...
...girl in extraordinary circumstances who acts in a way that is totally unconventional." This is familiar territory for Ramsay. In Ratcatcher, set in a grim 1970s Glasgow housing project during a refuse collectors' strike, a young boy tries to send his pet mouse into outer space, tied to a balloon. Ramsay came late to that kind of weirdness. Raised in a working class district of Glasgow, she was weaned on nothing more unconventional than Douglas Sirk and Bette Davis movies. She stumbled into filmmaking on a whim. The strength of her still photographs won her a place in the cinematography...
...authorized by NACAC to send applications to as many early action schools as a student wanted alongside an early decision application, nothing could stop students accepted at early decision colleges from enrolling at Harvard. That would leave early decision schools scrambling for replacement students. Without guaranteed yields, waitlists would balloon and colleges would be more reluctant to give extra consideration to early candidates. In short, the entire system would likely collapse...
...Take a look at Deitch's art and you will see why he has been so long in earning an audience's favor. Practically every panel in the book has something, often a word balloon, but sometimes an arm or a piece of clothing, poking out over the edge. While not difficult in itself, the technique points to Deitch's fundamental challenge to audiences: the act of transgression. The depiction of Waldo typifies Deitch's disturbing art. Though he looks much like Felix the Cat, with big round eyes and little white gloves, he also sports "cute" male genitalia. Superficially...