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...since his arrival, “uncomfortable” has been Summers’ catchword in numerous public comments on the funding arrangement...
...people treated the way I was, Idon't feel that comfortable," he says. "I feelthat it's a catchword to be tolerant here, butwhen it comes down to it people really want thingstheir...
...constructed 100 steel buffalo, then videotaped art-gallery patrons fighting to buy the pieces before they were sold out. Korean-American Nam June Paik, whose influential multimedia artworks incorporate TVs and computers, says he was talking about the information superhighway in his own work long before it became a catchword. And architect Maya Ying Lin, the daughter of Chinese immigrants, designed the black wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a stark monument that compels visitors not to revel in the glory of war, but to reflect on its sorrows...
...Biodegradability is a popular catchword, but you must look at the real effect on the system," Ahearn said. "After all, in the long run the weight of a plastic bag is less than a paper...
...although Christie's may be wavering a little on the point, since it has no guarantee and loan system to defend). Probably not, say many dealers. But others think the idea is worth serious thought, though none believe it likely to happen while Washington still clings to the conservative catchword of deregulation. Besides, says Eugene Thaw, the doyen of U.S. private dealers, Sotheby's in particular may have enough political clout in New York to defeat a further tightening of the rules...