Word: blunts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...figures evoke a probing sense of human loneliness. Even in the heavy granite in which Gresser often works, the sculptures are delicately crafted with a stern Gothic sensitivity for the grandeur of the solitary human form. Although his figures often appear blunt in their aloof individuality, the directness is modified by the lack of harsh edges. His surfaces are pleasing and receptive, especially the highly polished appearance of "Torso," whose edges are softened and very smooth. The softness is the redeeming quality in which we see a cautious hint of hope for human existence...
...double sessions and new ones have been opened in mosques and private homes. Some 20,000 pupils are enrolled v. 700 under the old Sultan and 21 dispensaries are being established. Qabus intends to apply for membership in both the Arab League and the U.N. He also hopes to blunt the rebel movement by means of his improvements and by offering amnesty to the estimated 700 guerrillas. He has called his uncle, Tariq ben Taimur, home from voluntary exile to become Prime Minister...
...records either dispense with buzz and blast entirely, or else hold it tightly under control. Hendrix's The Cry of Love (Reprise) contains more tenderness and calm than anything he ever did before. Angel, for example, substitutes rich, poignant Beatlesque harmonies for the handful of blunt blues chord changes that used to characterize much of his work. Drifting is a lighter-than-air romantic ballad that could almost be sung by Crooner Johnny Mathis: "Drifting on a sea of forgotten teardrops/On a life-boat/Sailin' for your love/Sailin'home." Big-beat songs like Freedom and Nightbird Flyin...
...chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, which must pass on the revenue-sharing plan, Mills does not yield easily to caresses or to kicks. Invited to the White House with his committee's top-ranking Republican, Wisconsin's John Byrnes, Mills had a friendly but blunt chat with the President. "There's no way to compromise," he told Nixon. Privately, he dismissed the Administration's hard sell: "They're putting on a big act." And, he vowed, "I intend to win." Mills agreed, as Nixon requested, to hold full committee hearings on revenue sharing...
...embarrassment of voting against his son. The meeting ended with Zanuck Jr.'s resignation. And Darryl Zanuck, who used to make and break stars, carve up bankers for breakfast, and once reputedly snapped at an assistant, "Don't say yes until I finish talking," was served a blunt notice. He will continue as chairman and chief executive "subject to the pleasure of the board...