Word: expressive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...exhibits, is confined in his exhibition to prints such as "Seated Nude" which indicate the extreme freedom of line, but not the uninhabited use of color that won from critics the derisive label "fauve." When he painted "Bathers with a turtle," Matisse was already moving away from completely spontaneous expression toward a more "thoughtful freedom." In "1908" he showed that the passing sensations of moment did not completely define his feelings. From this point on, his goal seemed to be a "condensation" which would maintain his emphasis on "arranging in a decorative manner the various elements at his disposal...
...edge for the Tories, a gain of 2% from late April. But above all, Eden was able to kick off his campaign with a promise of the long-awaited "parley at the summit." "If the Tories cannot win this election," said Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Express, "then they can never...
...Like God." Although the manual warns that "the Bible, the Prayer Book and the Hymnal will be essential tools in your teaching," the chief aim of the series is to express religion in everyday, sometimes even in comic-book terms. For six-year-olds, there are three gaily illustrated booklets of stories about Tish and Mike, whose adventures make good beginnings for classroom discussions of religious truths. The booklets may well guide as many parents as children, showing Daddy and Mother coping wisely with such family crises as Mike's TV-induced nightmares and Tish's embezzlement...
...book their own special excursions. In Manhattan 25 photographers will take off in July for a 30-day picture-taking swing through Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland, five other countries; a group of 100 congressional secretaries will sail in midsummer to escape Washington's heat. Last December American Express offered 19 Banner Tours to Europe (42 days for $1,225 to $1,645), sold them out by February, had to add more to meet the demand. Its de luxe student tours (54 days for $1,232 to $1.650) were sold out in 3½ weeks...
...kills the last of the killers to save the life of an innocent man (Victor Mature). He drives a pitchfork into the brute's back as if he were a bale of hay; and yet as he strikes, his eyes convey the heart-stricken awareness, as his lips express the unshakable determination, of an Abraham commanded by a higher power to destroy a life that is dear to him. In this scene, the morality of violence is brought vividly into question, and the question has seldom been answered with more pith and natural majesty...