Word: felted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Papadopoulos' attitude was a disappointment for some Greeks, who had voted NAÍ (yes) in the hope that the new constitution would be a first step toward a return to representational government. Many more Greeks, however, voted NAÍ mainly because they felt that it would be highly imprudent not to do so. In the countryside, where the junta's rule is especially entrenched, voters were handed only the NAÍ ballot by the election officials, and few voters dared ask for the ÓX1 (no) ballots, which were kept out of their reach. At some polling stations...
...court suggestion that Ray's sanity may be in danger. Such talk, Battle said, was "extremely prejudicial and constitutes a clear and present danger" to picking an impartial jury and holding a fair trial. Certainly, the state's case might be damaged if any jurors felt that Ray had been driven out of his mind. As for the lights, Battle said that Ray could buy a sleeping mask for his eyes. Looking squarely at the prisoner, who appeared healthy enough, Battle said: "Ray has been sleeping more than I have lately...
...Peru and an 1,800-mile journey over Canada's Great Slave Lake to the Arctic Ocean. So far the students have taken enthusiastically to the challenge. "I was really scared, admits Mary Burns, 17, after her rope slipped on a mountain climb, when I made it, I felt awfully proud of myself...
...Mailer felt a wrenching change in his own politics. It came to him when he was waiting for the Rev. Ralph Abernathy to show up for a press conference. "It was a simple emotion and very unpleasant to him," writes Mailer. "He was getting tired of Negroes and their rights. It was a miserable recognition, and on many a count, for if he felt even a hint this way, then what immeasurable tides of rage must be loose in America itself? He was so heartily sick of listening to the tyranny of soul music, so bored with Negroes triumphantly late...
...Earth Piece. Minimal Sculptor Robert Morris, on the other hand, used the gallery as a site on which to build an earthwork out of 1,200 pounds of dirt and peat moss, trimmed with a four-foot cascade of jellied industrial grease, pipes and wire, and giant pieces of felt. "I have no idea what it will look like," he said, resting on his shovel while the work was in progress. "But it seems old-fashioned to me to start controlling qualities. This earth is all part of moving out into the world...