Word: brut
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...massive lintels, and the low triangular-coffered ceiling in areas off the atrium, are made of exposed reinforced concrete. But it is not the coarse béton brut introduced to architecture by Le Corbusier. The concrete looks almost as fine as beeswax. Poured into forms as carefully made as cabinets, and impregnated with marble dust, it becomes an extraordinarily subtle substance with a pink surface bloom. Though the building looks handmade throughout, it is reticently so. Nothing in its materials or their articulation interferes with the job in hand: to display works of art in tranquillity...
...chef for all official banquets of the Swedish royal court: "Every ingredient must speak its own language. Its original taste must be easily identifiable. Ingredients should not be blended so that the guest has to ask, 'It tastes wonderful, but what is it?' Serve a glass of brut Champagne or kir before dinner-never, never, never martinis. And the meal should not go on too long. My dinners at the royal palace consist of five courses that take little more than an hour...
Casually dressed, easy of manner, Arledge exudes the smell of success the way Joe Namath exudes Brut. Arledge is a restless competitor (when Son of Sam was caught, Arledge spent the night at police headquarters). He is also a confident gambler. He gambled millions on the 1976 Olympics, and made that sprawling assortment of track meets, wrestling and swimming contests a prime-time commercial success. Chronology and coherence may have been sacrificed as he zeroed in on the flashiest contests and concentrated on popular favorites, switching relentlessly from one arena to another, but the result was exciting television. Arledge liked...
...great baseball park, clad in the classic threads of the trade that made them famous. The occasion was the 48th All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, and this time Willie Mays and Joe DiMaggio were not flogging some TV product like Mr. Coffee or the sweet smell of Brut on a centerfielder's forearm. They were presiding as honorary captains. Looking back on it, "Joltin' Joe" couldn't help reflecting that no matter what else in the world changes, "baseball was played the same then." The "Say Hey Kid" got round to admitting that the fine, carefree...
...then has nowhere to go. Moreau turns out to be a mad visionary who, having partially cracked the genetic code, is trying to breed animals into human beings. The servants are some of his handiwork. As for those creatures in the jungle, they represent Moreau's near misses - brut ish humanoids who cannot transcend their origins as bears, lions, hyenas...