Word: cryptical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dadaists sought direct expression, avoiding the traditional vehicles of narration and representation. And while many of the works protest the cruel and dehumanizing forces of modern life, others are deliberately cryptic. Sound poems such as Schwitters' "Primal Sonata," composed of nonsensical strings of syllables, attempted to transcend conventional language and reach listeners on a more basic level. The word "dada" itself had no specific meaning when first adopted in 1915; it acquired associations only over time. Huelsenbeck called Dada "a word, which only later was to be filled with a concept...
After lunch he would mosey over to the Carter trailers inside Madison Square Garden. Comments from presidential aides were often cryptic, but Wilkie usually managed to get a sense of how Carter's men were faring against their foe from Massachusetts. By 9 p.m. or so, he would file for the Globe's first edition, then do some additional reporting and update his stories if necessary. After that it was off to a saloon on 33rd Street for some Jack Daniel's on the rocks...
...Sunday, the day before the trial was to open, King rose early, ate breakfast and then suddenly overpowered his wife and tied her to a chair. Said he: "I love you and I don't want to hurt you." He scribbled the cryptic passage on a scrap of paper, armed himself and sallied forth in his white Ford Fiesta to make "war" on the parishioners...
...known only as Guthrie sets out to avenge his colleague. The task might be insuperable, save for the superable Marie-Christine Lemarchand, an elegant young Parisienne who had been the hit man's sometime mistress. She provides Guthrie with a psychological profile of the killer and some cryptic notes he has left in the safe of her boutique. The author polishes plots and plans until they shine. Guthrie follows the assassin's trail to Zurich. There he learns that Grand Slam is controlled by a pillar of the Swiss banking establishmenta Soviet spy for 40 years...
...history of seizures or blackouts. Only then is he led to a private cubicle to begin the treatment. At Manhattan's Tranquility Tanks, this involves an eight-point countdown that includes a shower (herbal soap and shampoo), entering the tank ("Have a wonderful float") and a cryptic sendoff: "Stay with your experience, come out easy and let the water drain off the back of your head...