Word: cousin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rings his forms (plain geometrical ones, as a rule: rectangles, cones, cylinders) with zips of relieving color, orange, yellow or vermilion. When these work--and often they are little more than a graphic mannerism--they lend his images an indefinable air of instability, an apparitional flicker, a distant cousin of the twitching, fluttering profiles in Giacometti. But it is the density of the paint that anchors the image every time. It gives the surface a rich, fiesty eventfulness. It makes one feel the subtle breaks in an array of cakes or cold-cream jars, rather than the boredom lurking...
...have more fun. Calling it "the opportunity of the century," the 5-ft. 11-in. basketball player last week became the first female member of the Harlem Globetrotters, fulfilling a longtime dream. "The Globetrotters were always special, but they were even more special to me," explains Woodard, whose cousin is ex-Trotter Hubie ("Geese") Ausbie. The all-time best female college scorer when she graduated in 1981 from the University of Kansas, Woodard was captain of the 1984 Olympic gold medal- winning U.S. women's basketball team and beat out 22 other women Globetrotter contenders. She will debut when...
...first premonition proved correct: he and I shared a lot in common. The blonde in most of his Polaroids could have been the one that I had chased in high school. He and his best friend owned practically the same green Chevy Malibu that my cousin and I wrecked. Even his most hated teacher reminded me of the walrus-like man that ostensibly taught me beginning Biology...
...biggest cause of the trade imbalance, however, is that the overvaluation of the dollar has made U.S. exports artificially expensive to foreign buyers, and imports artificially cheap to American consumers. Quick example: loggers in the Pacific Northwest figure that the dollar's bloated exchange rate against its Canadian cousin (an American buck was worth $1.36 Canadian last week) gives Canadian lumber exported to the U.S. an automatic 30% price advantage, contributing to a $20 billion deficit in U.S. trade with Canada. With curiously bad timing considering the mood in Washington, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney last week proposed...
...most engaging tale is "Fish Shop," which recounts a teenage Pete's frustrating romance with a sleazy girl named Fiona, who may or may not be the cousin of Pete's unsavory friend Bonzo. Already an aspiring songwriter in Acton, Pete tries to distinguish himself from the sordid company of Bonzo and his thieving friends. It is finally his relationship with Jaco, the owner of a fish-and-chips shop and a former rocker, that redeems him by reminding him of the palliative qualities of making rock music...