Word: beardsley
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...Bros. guys would have made if the Hollywood censor had been a bit more lenient. They also display the Geisel wit in more luxuriant fester. Ted had written a grown-up children's book called "The Seven Lady Godivas" in 1940. Much later, he created, for his own pleasure, Beardsley-like art of a slightly bawdy nature (a woman with a long-necked cat at her pubis - a pussy). SNAFU gave him the chance to write adult humor for adults, or for boys who were being trained to die as men. The series tried to ensure that more of those...
...Mimi Beardsley rings a bell for all of us creaky White House journalists, but it is easy to forget one or more of the young nymphs. They were once described by an astounded British visitor as being like new tennis balls with the fuzz still on them...
...class and where Wheaton College runs The Billy Graham Center (slogan: “Stimulating Global Evangelism”). Now, Lombard, my town, was never quite so bad. In high school we learned about evolution and no one was chastised for uttering the name Charles Darwin. Of course, Mrs. Beardsley also let my friend Judi Fay (daughter of Salvation Army ministers) do an extra credit project in our biology class freshman year in which she presented alternative theories to evolution—namely the good ole literal reading of Genesis in which there was a big boom...
...finding beauty summons still more useful theoretical supplements. It presents a rather heavy-handed attention to the philosophical character of artistic experience-the gallery notes include a short reading list of classical aesthetic theory along with recent writings from the past 20 years, touching on Elaine Scarry, Monroe Beardsley and, obliquely, Kant and Burke...
Where preretirees really mess up is in continuing to contribute to a tax-deferred variable annuity, often billed as the next best thing to a 401(k). Sam Beardsley, head of T. Rowe Price's tax department, says that in virtually every scenario he ran, investing in straight taxable funds late in your savings years produced more retirement income than a tax-deferred annuity. Other studies suggest that you need at least 20 years of accumulation before a tax-deferred annuity makes sense...