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Word: cowed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...made it clear that he would not bend before blunt Moscow messages. "We will stick to our road, whatever the initiatives or in comprehensions of other Communist parties might be," he told a crowd of Communist employees in Turin last week. Clearly that road would not lead to Mos cow. P.C.I, officials confirmed that Berlinguer, for the first time, would be absent from the Italian delegation at world Communism's quinquennial pageant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Big-Brotherly Blast | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

...last sacred cow on any list is the effort to create a Third World center. Maybe a little more constructive planning would be useful here, too. If a Harvard Third World center is unfeasible now, maybe we should consider a Cambridge-wide Third World center located either at Harvard or elsewhere and open to all residents of the city. Financial support could come from the community, as well as many helping hands. The reason behind our inability to create a Third World center on campus may be racism, but this difficulty should not preclude our going elsewhere...

Author: By Marc J. Jenkins, | Title: Another Perspective | 2/28/1981 | See Source »

...search for ASC (altered states of consciousness, in the lingo) or OOB (out-of-the-body experiences). "What I'm experiencing is beyond the ape, beyond all that is pure consciousness," says Daniel. Though Daniel has never induced ape-consciousness, she says she once experienced being a cow. "If you throw the rational mind out the window," she says, "you have the ability to experience anything on this planet or beyond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Off the Couch and into the Tub | 1/12/1981 | See Source »

...Holsteins were selected because they were meant to yield nourishment, not be slaughtered for it. Ono took care of all the details, and Lennon did not know about the sale of one of the cows until he read an item in the paper. He was even more pleased than surprised. "Only Yoko," he said admiringly, "could sell a cow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Day in the Life | 12/22/1980 | See Source »

...show reveal the formal similarities of much Dadaist graphic art to contemporary examples. The Dadaists experimented with the nature of graphic communication, mixing typefaces and altering size and scale. Ernst's poster "Dada Zeigt!" (Dada Wins!) uses assorted lettering with unrelated symbols--a rope, a bed, a cow, a housewife. The asymmetric anarchic quality of such compositions also characterizes contemporary New Wave graphics. This aesthetic, which has sprung up alongside of punk music and fashion, is characterized by the juxtaposition of disparate forms, symbols and lettering in designs that often are consciously crooked, random and askew...

Author: By Lois E. Nesbitt, | Title: Dadadadadadadadadadadadadada | 12/8/1980 | See Source »

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