Word: blonds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many references-from Courbet, Caspar David Friedrich and Poussin, for starters-that it approaches pastiche. It creaks with the ambition to be a masterpiece and is regularly taken for one, though its composition has the spottily grand look of an academic mistake. But the figure of Balthus's blond wife, hands stretched above her head, rising from the dark plateau into the zone of early-morning sun, is a prime lyric invention; and the color has a resonant, hallucinated distinctness that brings early Mird to mind. Balthus would eventually paint some of the best landscapes of his time...
...year-old boy with tousled blond hair and dark blue eyes sprints down hallways, pieces a puzzle, counts on his fingers and chats about ghosts. All quite normal in most children, but to Jimmy Tontlewicz these activities represent hard-won victories. On Jan. 15, while sledding with his father, Jimmy plunged into the icy waters of Lake Michigan. When rescuers pulled him out, he had been submerged for at least 20 minutes and had no discernible heartbeat, pulse or breathing. In Chicago last week doctors said Jimmy is progressing so well that they hope to send him home this month...
Using an overlapping grip, sentimental people are holding on to old golfers for dear life and good reason. No sport lets go of champions easily, but in golf the replacements have been singularly unsatisfying: too blond, too bland and too many. On the P.G.A. tour, young strangers are kept in such supply that a different one seems to win every week, usually in a playoff. They all swing the same way-correctly. Their skills are undeniable. They appear able to do anything on a golf course except enjoy each other's company...
...partly an attempt to preserve intact the fabric of his fantasy life. Inevitably, there are breaches. "You know, everybody thinks you're gay," Vocal Coach Seth Riggs told him one day during a break in a vocal lesson. "I know," Jackson laughed. "The other day a big, tall, blond, nice-looking fellow came up to me and said, 'Gee, Michael, I think you're wonderful. I sure would like to go to bed with you.' I looked at him and said, 'When's the last time you read the Bible? You know you really should read it because there...
...courtroom. Her would-be mother and father sat nervously alert. An attractive, wealthy couple from out of state, they eagerly testified about their four-acre country estate, swimming pool and well-protected play area as proof of their parental fitness. Yet it was Katrina, at 15 months all blond ringlets and neatly pressed ruffles, who spoke most eloquently on their behalf. Waking up in time to accompany the woman to the witness stand, Katrina clung hungrily to her side, cooing "Mama...