Word: flickered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...depicted a different kind of glare: a high-keyed white light, rather than a vibrating spectrum of color a la Monet. They were, in other words, tonal rather than coloristic impressionism. Some of the artists who had studied in Paris, notably Childe Hassam, managed to work the authentic French flicker into their surfaces without making it seem heavy handed. Hassam's view of a victory parade in 1918, The Union Jack, New York, April Morn, with its vibrant banners hanging over a throng of pedestrians and traffic, is a study of color and air done with fervent...
...course Thai journalists have developed a number of tricks for outsmarting the censors. Leaning forward slightly in his chair, a flicker of a smile on his face, Yoon spills a few trade secrets. "Papers are not allowed to print pictures of dead bodies which the government claims would create nauseating feelings," he says. "We get around that one by captioning the pictures 'mortally wounded' or 'taken minutes before death.' Thai police don't read English too well." When Thai troops were sent into Laos to fight with Americans, the government forbade any articles on the bilateral affair. The Nation Review...
...thin line of riot troops in full gear on the other side. When the people in the crowd on the sidelines saw the police attacking us, they rushed to our aid and pushed the riot police back, and they (the police) were scattered all over. I could see the flicker of fear in their eyes; they (the police) didn't really want to fight. They moved back very quickly," Linda Gail Arrigo, believed to be the only American to take part in the demonstration and wife of Formosa magazine manager Shih Ming-teh, recalled after the incident...