Word: bore
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...guru campaigning for a Sacred Cockroach. A pack of supporters carrying signs for a write-in candidate named Larry Head who bore a strong resemblance to Julius Caesar. A move to draft former New Hampshire Gov. and White House Chief of Staff John Sununu into the campaign...
That sounds familiar -- and, sure enough, he used it in his seminal book, Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, to describe one of his early buildings. Complexity and Contradiction was a galvanizing manifesto, liberating architects from Modernist, minimalist dogma. "Less is a bore," Venturi declared, meaning that it was time to begin using ornament in buildings again. And also, "Main Street is almost all right," meaning that familiar, off-the-shelf architectural forms also deserved to be revived. The past could be a rich source of inspiration for contemporary architects. Relax, Venturi told his snobbish profession, and enjoy the old-fashioned...
...other paper did, the TV stations did. Now here are tapes indicating that this woman has been speaking with the Governor in a way no married man should permit another woman to talk with him on the telephone." So the paper put a dozen reporters on the story. That bore fruit within hours: a story poking holes in Flowers' testimony ran in the same edition as the allegations...
...first half of the book includes an environmental reference encyclopedia with a myriad of numbers and statistics that show how humankind threatens the world. However, unlike an encyclopedia, Earth in the Balance will not bore you. Gore successfully flowers facts with engaging narratives...
...Thief His Wife & Her Lover. After much debate, and the likelihood that a major-studio film (Universal's Henry & June) would get an X, the film industry's rating board altered the label to NC-17. The idea was to remove the stigma of pornography that the X rating bore and allow serious filmmakers to explore provocative styles without worrying that the parents of a 14-year-old might be offended...