Word: felted
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...town, but when I moved to Paris I began to copy the demure style of Parisiennes. To ascribe this shift simply to changing attitudes in women ignores the important role that men play in forming a woman's own body image. Going about my daily life in Paris, I felt that men saw me as a sexual object more than I was used to and I responded by dressing more demurely. Young women are covering up in an attempt to preserve their identity as human beings and to emphasize their mind over their body. Sophie Caulfeild, MIDHURST, ENGLAND...
...adjusted her perspective as an academic and teacher with this recent recognition that American art would have a more substantial presence in the department. “The first symptom of having tenure, for me, was driving around Cambridge and feeling like I belong here, which I never really felt before,” Roberts said. “I’ve put a huge investment in this department, particularly in building a program in American art because there really wasn’t one 20 years ago...and it’s nice to know now that...
...remarkable family, his passing has pushed many Americans to sadly remember the long-gone days of touch football on the White House lawn or the youthful idealism that helped put a man on the moon. But the influence of the Kennedy brothers on Washington continues to be felt, and their brand of politics, focusing on hope for a better world and a strong commitment to public service and bipartisanship, has inspired modern-day politicians, including Obama...
...career in modern dance. “I was very much influenced by East Asian philosophy—reducing things to the minimum, reducing illusionism,” McCormick said. “All of those things were appealing to me in the modern dance form, and I felt an affinity for them when I started studying Japanese art.” Though she is now a far cry from a dance career, it seems McCormick has found a sturdy path. “The most incredible thing about getting tenure,” she said...
...honor him not with useless mourning and vain regrets for the past," Rose Kennedy said, "but with firm and indomitable resolutions for the future: acting now to relieve the starvation of people in this country, working now to aid the disadvantaged and those helpless, inarticulate masses for whom he felt so deeply and for whom he worked long hours, night as well as day." (See a photo essay of the political career of Ted Kennedy...