Word: flatting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dawn & Lightning. Denounced by Hitler as the most degenerate of degenerate artists, Kokoschka fled from Prague to London. Now, though he keeps his flat in London, he prefers to wander from city to city, "an immensely free citizen of the world," painting as the dawn breaks around him, or on-stormy nights when the lightning plays. Last week, two of his latest works were on display in a Manhattan gallery. They were portraits, one of a bemused art collector, the other of a wistful clown, standing against a gaudy carnival background, gazing over the head of an absurd little...
Bright Young Books. The bright books followed one another like delayed bursts of sinister laughter. "Spotty, a little flat, not quite so good," some readers said. But they were still the funniest books of their kind being written, and Evelyn Waugh was Britain's No. 1 satirical novelist...
...dory like a steam engine," the youth reported. "I went right up out of the boat and I came down on his flat, slippery hump." The young lobsterman swore he dug his fingers into the whale's hide and rode him like a horse. "Then," he said, "the whale sounded. That was my chance, and I took it-I abandoned him to starboard and started swimming...
...push, and strained a leg muscle. That was the beginning of trouble for the world's fastest human. Last month, after setting a new world record for 100 yds., Patton pulled another muscle. His injury put a damper on U.S. hopes of winning a single flat race in the Olympics...
...Miss Sharp is trying to smuggle in a little Heavy Thought with the froth. What's worse, neither the comic nor dramatic possibilities of the clash between Tilly and Simon are fully exploited. In the end, the novel has no more sparkle than decarbonated soda water. But even flat soda can quench a summer day's thirst...