Word: blur
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...clouds and electric-blue sky to the gnarled bone and putrescent flesh of the monster, is exquisitely painted. This, not Picasso's Guernica, is modern art's strongest testimony on the Spanish Civil War and on war in general. Not even the failures of Dali's later work can blur that fact...
...national political drama, remember, has traditionally come in three acts: primaries, conventions and general elections. But the primaries are now grouped early in the season, while the hot dynamics of the electronic age reduce them, over a period of a decisive few weeks, to a blur of media impressions, a smearing of hot issues and a spate of mock-angry accusations in "debates" - by adults who hope to lead the nation - that the opponent's mother wears army boots. It is not all bad. The conventions - great countrywide pep rallies - will come in summer's heat, and the long campaign...
Nevertheless, yesterday marked the four-year anniversary of a tragedy that may be but a blur, if even that, in the mental landscapes of many people. On February 24, 1996, at 3:21 p.m., two unarmed civilian planes were shot down by Cuban MiG's in international water space over the Florida Straits. The four pilots, three American citizens and one legal alien, were members of a humanitarian group called Brothers to the Rescue. In more than 1,800 missions over the last nine years, the group has assisted the Coast Guard in locating desperate refugees and saving them from...
...society is stuck and to find a new way around it." In Drayton's view, there is no difference between those who use their skills in business and those who use them in the pursuit of social goals. More and more people agree. As economic, social and political pressures blur the boundaries between the for-profit and not-for-profit worlds, a new breed of do-gooder is emerging, one that uses techniques and tools honed in the workplace to tackle social problems. In most cases, they start small. But taken together, they are changing the way nonprofit enterprises...
...giving each other back massages. The movie "With Honors" was based on the true story of a homeless man named Damon Paine who was allowed to live at the Co-op for years due to the easy-going attitude of its residents. Even during primal scream, when naked bodies blur by in the yard, Co-opers take it slow in the warmth of Lamont. While they pretend to study, they take off their clothes, piece by piece. Other readers often think the stripping is spontaneous and join in. "You really get a good look," says Kaufman. "It's much more...