Word: casuals
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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History, as everyone knows, does not repeat itself. Yet the circumstances of history can, and often do, run in parallels. This may lead the careless, casual or wishful observer, spotting similar sets of circumstances, to jump to wrong conclusions...
Since they could not fault Brodsky on the content of his poetry, the druzhinniki invoked that convenient Catch 22 of Soviet law: "parasitism." The case against Brodsky last February charged him with being "a pseudo-poet in velveteen trousers" whose "earnings were casual, which shows that he did not fulfill the most important constitutional duty to work honestly for the good of the motherland...
...artists, a cool and casual lot, could not have cared less about their critics, or even about the rest of the Biennale, which few of them bothered to attend. John Chamberlain, a sculptor of automobile parts, slept on the Lido beach, declared the marble-patterned Piazza San Marco to be the "world's greatest hopscotch arena" and hopscotched around it like a great shambling bear. Claes Oldenburg, as softly pudgy as his sculptures of melting typewriters made of vinyl plastic, politely ate his way through the festival. Rauschenberg himself was busy at Venice's elegant Teatro La Fenice...
...loans; it would now be able to use Avco's good connections to raise more capital. "Dick" Wilson runs Avco with easy informality, says, "We try to operate with a minimum of fuss and paper." He and President James Kerr, 46, have adjoining offices, never use memos when casual conversation will...
...festival, a clutch of recently issued picture-and-commentary books have tried to capture the year-round look and feel of the city as its passionate fans know it. These two are the best. Laredo's photos are particularly good at capturing architecture, and the accompanying essays are casual and urbane. But for many readers Feininger's camera may prove more authoritative, his selection of subjects more inclusive, and the commentary by Kate Simon a shade more knowledgeable...