Word: bulking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...naked statements of form are bland on the surface; yet he clashes colors like cymbals to drive the viewer's eye into more tranquil corners. Al Held boldly ladles as many as 30 layers of plastic Liquitex paint onto his huge canvases to spell out alphabets in monumental bulk. Slowly, as if one had stared for minutes at any word until it became meaningless, the letters cease being acceptable symbols for language, appear fake and finally turn repulsive. The viewer is challenged and taunted. Are they letters at all, an X or a T? Or are they girders...
...loose-fitting, blouson top. To the male eye, it looks like a sad sack, but to the female wearer it has advantages. Depending on the wearer's particular problem, she may either remain beach-bound, confident that her figure will go undetected under such bulk, or plunge headlong into the sea, secure in the knowledge that a wet blouson clings like Saran Wrap; one fast ocean dip and what was hidden is made spectacularly manifest...
Petty patronage has, in fact, become almost a regular element of Federal hiring procedures. Political patronage is dispensed chiefly through Senators and Congressmen, with the party in office naturally distributing the bulk of the prizes. Less familiar, bureaucratic nepotism guarantees positions to job-seekers with pull--influential friends in the government. This abuse annually accounts for thousands of summer appointments...
Britain's candy taste shift is continuing. The latest trend is away from "the bottle trade," or bulk candies in jars, to boxed assortments in glossy packages; candymakers expect the growth of British supermarkets to accelerate this trend. To hold its top place, Cadbury's plans to spend $60 million over the next four years enlarging and modernizing its main plant in Birmingham. For its part, the British government looks on the candy crave as a mixed blessing. A 15% "lolly tax" imposed last year on candy purchases should bring in $140 million annually. At the same time...
...similar vein, Kerr warned that federal subsidies should go to those areas of endeavor that are most vigorous at the time, and most in need of help. He said that "imbalance" has often been conducive to maximum creativity, as when the physical sciences received the large bulk of federal aid after World War II. Kerr asserted that the government must remain flexible in these matters, and cited the biological sciences and the creative arts as two areas that might become increasingly worthy of federal, and university concern...