Word: blanking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...more blatant contrast could hardly be conceived than that between German art between 1905-1935 and the later period from 1935-1955. There are examples of the photographic realism that was the order of the day during the Nazi regime so that this era appears as a large blank. But its dryness in the way of artistic ideas is shown by what came after. Contemporary German art seems to be well behind literature in recovering from the war. There is almost no evidence of the originality that influenced the whole of western art in the early part of the century...
...prospective beauty queen or an admirer may submit her application blank with a photograph attached, according to present plans for the project. However, no woman may be entered in the contest without her consent...
...kind in past generations-he can afford to indulge them, for without ambition or education, the average Teddy Boy in full-employment Britain can pick up a job paying anywhere from ?6 to ?20 weekly. "Mentally as well as morally," said a London boys' club director, "they are blank." But what the Ted really wants more than anything is to be noticed. To fulfill this ambition and indulge his hobby for boyish pranks, he will go to considerable lengths...
When the westbound pioneers crossed the Continental Divide on the Oregon Trail, according to a legend told in the State of Washington, they came upon a fork in the road. A blank signpost pointed south, another aimed west and bore the words: "This way to the Oregon Territory." Travelers who could read, says the legend, went on to the great Northwest; the illiterates veered south to California...
...neither candidate got the necessary absolute majority of 31 votes. Finally came the crucial fifth ballot when, by Italian law, the candidate with the most votes wins whether or not he has an absolute majority. Intently the tight-packed crowd listened as the clerk called out the results: blank ballots-6; Nenni Socialist Raffaello Ramat-27; La Pira...