Word: displays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...infected old palaces! Let us burn the gondolas, rocking chairs for idiots." Thus Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and his friends, the futurist painters, in a manifesto from 1910. It is a delicious irony that the most important exhibition in Europe this summer (or indeed anywhere else) should be a giant display of futurist paintings, sculpture, books, pamphlets, posters and memorabilia in a palace, no longer tottering, on the Grand Canal. Titled "Futurismo & Futurismi" ("Futurism and Its Offshoots," more or less), the exhibition marks the opening of the Societa per Azioni Palazzo Grassi (Grassi Palace Society for Actions), housed in an 18th...
Meanwhile, the mounting spirit of defiance was on display as the 13th Commonwealth Games opened in Edinburgh. Only 27 of the 58 teams originally enrolled showed up for the opening ceremonies, the rest having dropped out to press their demands for sanctions. Thatcher can expect no relief when she meets in London next week with the leaders of six other Commonwealth nations. The summiteers will also dine at Buckingham Palace, where all ears will be cocked to hear what the Queen has to say. Although she never airs her political opinions publicly, it is her royal prerogative, and indeed...
...inflexible in its opposition to sanctions and that he was interested in talking with the leaders of the ANC, which he called "an important part of the South African political equation." Despite this peace offering, he was excoriated by a succession of Democratic Senators, topped off by a histrionic display of outrage by Delaware Senator Joseph Biden...
Tommy Walker, the man who lit up the New York harbor with the biggest fireworks display ever, will come to Cambridge that week in September to illuminate the sky above Harvard Stadium for the celebration's grand finale. He says that the Harvard version won't be as extravagant. That's a relief. Maybe someone will build scaffolding around the statue of John Harvard, and sell little styrofoam Harvard hats to sponsor a restoration...
...rasped, "Come back here." Arrested by her voice, the younger one reluctantly turned around and followed his friend out to face the law. "If you don't pay, you can't ride," she said. The taller boy opened his shiny new Adidas jacket to display a smooth, bare chest. A blonde toddler dressed in overalls with nothing underneath stared interested at the altercation, but no one else noticed the fracas...