Word: fittings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Dribbles appear where they make sense--as foam in a rough surf, or as leaves or moss on birch trees. Scratches too fit in as the birches' smaller branches and twigs. Though frequently each spot of paint is applied with a certain amount of grossness, the composite usually reveals striking unity and conveys a powerful impression...
Like many critics, Mr. Schwarz is guilty of trying to fit all painting into an established academic matrix. His attempt to do so is even more difficult to accept because he uses a grossly oversimplified construct of regulations not even generally accepted...
...asphalt, countersunk on lawns, trapped on escalator steps and sidewalk gratings. Now comes Heeleze, plastic disks that are to spike heels what snowshoes are to the boot. Heeleze are about an inch overall in diameter, now come in one size but will soon come in three, designed to fit most heels, and are being distributed initially by caterers who give them to lady guests at garden parties. Made by Bryant Chemical Corp. of Quincy. Mass., they will soon be available in shops, Price per pair...
These questions and statements are samples from personality tests. Millions of Americans take such tests every month, and their answers help to determine whether they get jobs, whether they are promoted or fired if they already have jobs, or whether they are fit to enter college. Obviously, if this is so, the second sentence of the instructions is a lie. Answers can be right or decidedly wrong...
...flashbacks that follows immediately. In this sequence, X and A continue their discussion of the statue, which X had been retelling just a moment before. They try to name the man and woman of the statue, to place them in a mythical context, but too many possible pairs will fit. Does the woman try to hold the man back, or is she pressing him forward? X and A cannot resolve the ambiguity. Then M approaches to reveal that they are looking at Charles III and his wife taking the marriage vow; their dress is merely a convention. M talks...