Word: banners
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...result, the image hovers strangely between the inorganic, mineral fixity of stone and the fluid life of paint. The banner on its pole outside the tent and the whipping linear rhythms of Judith's head ribbon seem blown by an actual wind. And the undercurrent of strangeness is increased by the way Mantegna reduces Holofernes to two anatomical fragments: his head, which the avenging Jewess is placing in a bag, and the sole of his foot, which sticks up above the horizon of the bed end. Mantegna had a liking for feet -- the same dead soles confront your...
...through church channels, Solidarity interrupted television programming with both audio and visual messages, including calls for strikes and demonstrations. "There was a great moment at the half time of the national soccer championship," says a Vatican official. "Just as the whistle sounded for the half, a SOLIDARITY LIVES! banner went up on the screen and a tape came on calling for resistance. What was particularly ingenious was waiting for the half-time break; had the interruption come during actual soccer play, it could have alienated people." As Brzezinski sums it up, "This was the first time that communist police suppression...
...here. "I am 25 years old now, and I've really managed to make zero progress in the past four years." A few feet away, Robert Pipkins, a 19-year-old American in the first flush of Olympic enthusiasm, his beaming parents waving a GO ROB. SLIDE IN PRIDE banner around him, looked over at the snowcaps, the blue skies and the pines, and said, after finishing 21st, that he hoped to compete in the next two -- or even three -- Olympics. Time arcs forward...
...contrast, the pairs' competition was a skate-away as the two top couples performing under the Unified Team banner demonstrated what truly unified skating is all about. Natalia Mishkutienok and Artur Dmitriev captured the gold medal, flowing from one move to the next with such grace and precision that even two technical errors on her part did not detract from their artistry. It was the eighth consecutive win by a Soviet-trained pair. Now that state-sponsored training has undergone a meltdown in their homeland, there is a question whether this latest pampered pair will be the last...
...hour later, Harkin stumps at the NashuaSpartan Hall, a bingo hall. A Harkin banner coversthe electronic Bingo scoreboard in front, thetables have been moved to the rear. The generalpublic was invited to this speech, and Harkindoesn't have the unconditional cheering he had atthe hotel, but he gets them going with the preppieRip Van Winkle...