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...tended to consolidate an unerring density of structure beneath their tentative-looking, close-toned surfaces; all nuance and doubt on top (often de Kooning, like Arshile Gorky, could not bring himself to give the final form to a hand or the side of a face, leaving it a worried blur), they were iron below. It was de Kooning's draftsmanship that enabled him to fix his parings from other artists-from Gorky, John Graham and, above all, Picasso-to a firm core. One can cite the Picassoan acquisitions in Seated Woman, circa 1940 | (the hair from Dora Maar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Painting's Vocabulary Builder | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

...frightened that as time goes on, as they acquire more and more power, someone-not necessarily the Soviets, but someone-might blow up the world. But when I think about who it might actually be that would start a nuclear war, it's just kind of a blur in my mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The View from the Street Corner | 1/2/1984 | See Source »

...more than 100 woman troopers. Since arriving four days after the invasion, they have handled a wide range of chores, from escorting VIPS and guarding the U.S. embassy to flying helicopters and doing intelligence work. Though they theoretically hold "support" positions away from battle areas, the lines can blur on Grenada. "If somebody shoots at me, I think I'm allowed to shoot back," says Lieut. Kathryn Henderson, 24, a helicopter pilot from Winter Springs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When War Winds Down | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

General impressions from alumni are valuable for their fresh perspective, but relying too heavily on first impressions is likely to blur the picture of an applicant rather than focus it sharply. Rebecca J. Joseph

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Overdeveloping Applicants' Pictures | 11/7/1983 | See Source »

Stringent currency reform helped to subdue the German inflation, however, and the next five years developed into a kind of rosy blur in economic history. Not so 1929: it is one of those years, like 1776 or 1914, that is synonymous with a single event, in this case the Great Crash. Politicians and businessmen might keep saying that prosperity was just around the corner, but they could not still the anguished question that

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wealth of Nations 1977: From boom to depression to prosperity to stagflation to?what? | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

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