Word: colorations
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...publication. The collection's designer, Chris Ware (of "Jimmy Corrigan" fame), wisely makes his hand all but invisible. The strips are just black and white because William Randolph Hearst, syndicator and patron saint of the strip, ran it in the arts section of his papers rather than the color "funnies." Disappointingly Hearst also forced the strip into a strict layout beginning in the summer of '25, stifling Herriman's innovative page design...
...ideal scenery, viaducts, pyramids and everything that seemed both ancient and vulnerable: the stability of the pyramidal mountain in Ad Parnassum, 1932 (which translates as "To Parnassus," the mythical mountain of Apollo and the Muses), is decidedly undermined by being constructed from a faux mosaic of minuscule tiles of color...
Homeland security is about to get colorful. Next week the White House is planning to announce a multihued threat-warning system designed to alert the public and help guard against terrorist attacks. Starting with green--the most relaxed status--the system assigns blue, yellow, orange and red as the danger increases and offers guidelines on how to respond to each level. When U.S. intelligence receives reliable information about a new threat, Director Tom Ridge's Homeland Security Council will huddle to determine which hue fits the situation. The color wheel is designed to provide some context to what have...
...spectrum bears the micromanaging touch of a President who doesn't usually fiddle with the fine details. White was once considered a possible warning color, but last Thursday Bush discarded the designation as too neutral and confusing. Although the council hasn't decided which color to assign to our current status, it will start at least one level more hazardous than green in an effort to give the public hope of better days to come...
...represents the hardhat, gun rack, achin’-back over-taxed, flag-wavin’, fun-lovin’ crowd!), and there are songs for Democrats, like the treacly “We Shall Be Free” (When the last thing we notice is the color of skin / And the first thing we look for is the beauty within / When the skies and the oceans are clean again / Then we shall be free). And the man does have an amazing voice...