Word: dame
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Small pictures, powerful presence and an output that can't be compressed into a single show. The Hayward's version, "Paul Klee: The Nature of Creation," was curated by a critic, Robert Kudielka, and a painter, the supremely intelligent and responsive Bridget Riley, the grande dame of English art. As Kudielka points out in his catalog introduction, Klee's work was not rooted in any movement. However abstract, it came out of the experience of nature and culture blended. Perhaps the decisive moment in Klee's early career was a 1914 visit that he and his friend August Macke paid...
Even now--especially now, minutes before show time--he is looking for fresh material. A friend of the promoter's comes backstage wearing a shaggy black coat, and immediately Williams is all over her, making barking noises, "look, she is wearing a poodle," then becoming a haughty French grande dame giving fashion commentary. The woman is taken aback and then starts laughing. The stagehands are laughing. Williams is loosening up the only way he knows how: by cracking other people...
...these buildings pale beside the medieval masterpieces in the city's historic center. The most awe-inspiring is the early medieval Cathédrale de Notre Dame. During the Middle Ages the 142 m steeple was Europe's tallest, and it still soars above the surrounding townhouses like a skyscraper. If the weather is foul, take a short stroll to the Palais Rohan, which houses the city's magnificent collection of 15th to 19th century art. But if it's fine, head for the water. Strasbourg is criss-crossed by a network of canals that converge in the picturesque quarter...
...recent days, the chances that the Crimson would play a nearby opponent fell to nearly zero, with neither Boston College nor Notre Dame pulling off sufficiently impressive performances in the Big East tournament. The first two rounds of the tournament are played at the home arena of the minibracket’s highest seed...
...only nearby schools in high national standing are UConn, Boston College and Notre Dame. UConn, whose RPI is third in the nation, will be too high a seed to play the Crimson. BC, whose RPI is 29th, will be too a low a seed—barring a miraculous run through the Big East tournament. Notre Dame, with an RPI of 23rd, is also an outside possibility...