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...attacks on the social jugular perpetrated by German Dadaists like George Grosz and John Heartfield, and Picabia's drawings, which make mock of the cult of the machine. When this battery of anarchic techniques moved to Paris in the '20s, colliding with a long but temporarily dormant tradition of romanticism, surrealism was the result...
Instead of overflowing with the world's finest swimmers, the new soldiers Field natatorium remained dormant this weekend, except for the last minute operations of inspectors and construction personnel...
...borough's complexion is clearly changing. As poorer people, mostly black and hispanic, move in, the middle class retreats southward or leaves entirely. Racial tensions, long dormant or mild, rise to the surface. To the Jews, this influx of 'schvartzes' (Yiddish for dark-skinned people) represents a clear threat to their middle class lives. Worse still, this "invasion" threatens their basic values. People who played by the rules of the game are apt to react defensively when the rules are changed in midgame. The Jewish middle class sees itself under attack for succeeding, and becoming wealthy, by the economic rules...
...that point Robinson accepted the consensus typified by German Critic Werner Kummel's listing in 1963 (see chart). But, as "little more than a theological joke," he decided to investigate the arguments on the dating of all the books, a field largely dormant since the turn of the century. The results stunned him. Owing to scholarly "sloth," the "tyranny of unexamined assumptions" and "almost willful blindness" by previous authors, he decided, much of the past reasoning was untenable...
Radcliffe blitzed to a 41-27 lead to begin the second half, outscoring Wellesley 15-4 and silencing the screaming masses in the gallery. But they were only dormant, not dead. Strong inside work by Lisa Griffin, the game's high scorer with 19 points, and some timely steals by Joanie Ashley added up to 10 straight Wellesley points and an astronomic decibel level...