Word: fleetingness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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"[It] is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable."
In the 20th century gallery the people admired the immovable flecks of paint that still suggested the fleeting vision of a group of Post-Impressionist painters. They chatted idly. The afternoon was a skirmish of de-clawed cultural one-upmanship. There was a lot of talk about market prospects for...
Rocky. This film marked the emergence of Sylvester Stallone as a bona fide celebrity in the movie industry, and watching his Rocky Balboa give his best shot at the heavyweight crown makes you wonder if it may also mark his equally sudden return to bona fide oblivion. Stallone is perfectly...
Less than 24 hours later, Mrs. Gandhi flew to Gujarat, Desai's home state north of Bombay, and told a crowd of thousands that she would continue to "speak for the people" and "give them a lead." But Indira's triumph may yet prove a fleeting one. The...
Few witnesses and survivors have had more than a fleeting look at the gunman, and their impressions of his appearance have varied confusingly. He is known to be white, about 25 to 33 years old, between 5 ft. 7 in. and 5 ft. 11 in. tall and well built. Police...