Word: caste
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...through this early work identifying, here and there, what would grow and what would not: how the taste for smoothly curved profile and deep black relief that he got from Amedee Ozenfant's decorative Cubism, for instance, turned into Dali's later fondness for writhing, spookily dark shadows cast by figures on a flat ground-plane, the idealized desert of his paintings. Dali's obsession with Picasso reached a height of imitative flattery with his pastiches of the older painter's massive "classical" women in white fluted dresses. Likewise, when Dali the Surrealist was pupating, there was hardly a trope...
...voices have an unexpected, subtle effect--that of diversity. In fact, the combination of an all-animal cast and a diverse group of voices gives an aura of diversity much stronger than any from "Aladdin," ostentatiously Disney's grand effort at diversity...
...good thing that the U.S. team includes a cast of caricatures, I mean characters, who are a publicist's dream. From Alexi Lalas, whose face could launch a thousand insane asylums, to slick Tony Meola, who wants to be an actor in his next career, the team is ripe for fan interest. They're not particularly fast, or experienced or graceful, but they have performed credibly so far. It goes without saying that they've also made it into their share of promotional campaigns. It's fitting that these athletes, who have devoted as much of their lives to sport...
...purpose of an international sporting event has long been for peoples of the world to come together without regard for petty politicking. World War and Cold Wars have justifiably cast their various palls over sports with boycotts and protests in tow, but those times and games are safely behind...
...Cast as such, the distinction seems nothing less than essential. In reality, the practical difference between a plan based on employer mandates and one based on individual mandates is hardly so crucial. It is a testament to the politicking driving the health care debate that this side issue should be the one most bitterly contested by the Finance Committee...