Word: exhibit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...became prototypical hepcat mufti. His voice, which sounded like a thunderclap wanting to purr, could be heard on cool novelties like Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac. His cheeks expanded so far past normal size when he played his horn that he looked, on the bandstand, as if he were on exhibit in an aquarium...
...enough that Bush signalled that shadow governments are acceptable and the separation of powers meaningless by cooperating in the Iran-contra cover-up. He didn't even exhibit a shred of courage by admitting that what Weinberger and the others did was wrong, but that he had chosen to pardon them anyway...
...reason is that The Greek Miracle is an exercise in political propaganda, and has to embrace stereotypes that no classicist today would accept without deep reservations. First, the exhibit wants to indicate how Greek sculpture changed in the classical period, by showing its movement from the frontal, rigid forms of 6th century B.C. kouroi, whose ancestry lay in Egyptian cult figures, to the more naturalistic treatment of balance and bodily movement one sees in works such as The Kritios Boy (circa 480 B.C.), which was found on the Acropolis. And it demonstrates this in considerable detail, through marvelous examples...
...second only to Wheel of Fortune among syndicated shows. Six Star Trek movies have been made, grossing an aggregate of $500 million. There is a TV cartoon show, a theater-style attraction at the Universal Studios theme park and a legion of annual conventions of "Trekkers." A retrospective exhibit of Star Trekiana was held at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum earlier this year, and a chain of "virtual reality" Star Trek entertainment centers will open across the country next year...
...EXHIBIT: EVA HESSE: A RETROSPECTIVE...