Word: felix
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...word balloon, but sometimes an arm or a piece of clothing, poking out over the edge. While not difficult in itself, the technique points to Deitch's fundamental challenge to audiences: the act of transgression. The depiction of Waldo typifies Deitch's disturbing art. Though he looks much like Felix the Cat, with big round eyes and little white gloves, he also sports "cute" male genitalia. Superficially, Deitch's art looks very much like the cartoons of the 1930s - simple and happy with lots of movement and activity in every corner of the frame. But they are done in heavily...
...DIED. FELIX SVETOV, 74, former Soviet dissident known both for his writings and his political activism; in Moscow. Although Svetov suffered imprisonment and internal exile under communism, his books were printed by the Soviet underground press and also published in the West. After the Soviet Union's collapse, Svetov remained active as a human-rights advocate and a scholar of Russian Orthodoxy...
...RETIRED. FELIX TRINIDAD, 29, from boxing, ending a career in which he won three titles in three weight classes; in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Trinidad lost the only fight of his 42-bout career to American Bernard Hopkins last September, and it's believed Hopkins' refusal to grant Trinidad a rematch led to his decision to quit...
...Wimbledon title seven times in the last nine years, was stunned by his defeat. During the match, he read and reread a cheering note from his wife Bridgette, but it couldn't save him from defeat by the Swiss Bastl, who entered the tournament only when Spain's Felix Mantilla withdrew. "I plan on coming back next year," Sampras said. "I want to end on a high note, not like this." The real surprise of Sampras' and Agassi's defeats was that they lost on grass, a surface that has been well suited to their style of play. Few tournaments...
...Neill's microphone goes awry in Ghana's presidential palace, Bono rushes to adjust it. And the duo gleefully exploit their differences to attract even more attention. The trip was hardly a day old when Bono began taunting the Treasury secretary, a notorious neatnik, to play Oscar to his Felix. "We're the odd couple...