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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...encountered in Germany and in Russia. The works depict an ideal premodern Russia full of riders, onion domes and walled towns. But even in these first paintings, bright colors were used for effect, not naturalism - trees could be red, hills and horses blue. Pure color would become the central focus of his best works, a focus he pondered in his 1911 manifesto of abstraction, Concerning the Spiritual in Art. Art, he wrote in the book, comes from within, from "inner necessity," and colors and shapes speak to people just as musical sounds do: "Color is a power which directly influences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kandinsky: A Bright Future, Once | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...campaign: "We don't make the products you buy. We make the products you buy better." Most yarn spinners, says Patrick, "will supply you with a list of yarns and say, 'Here's the prices.' We haven't tried to be everything to everybody in one market. We focus on partnering with our customers to engineer products and services to keep their product line innovative and profitable. Our approach is, 'Here are our capabilities. This is our expertise. Where can we be of assistance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spinning a New Strategy | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...smoothly muscled torso seemingly gleaming with - not sweat - dew. The camera not only loves the 21-year-old actor but laps him; it wants to wring the moisture from his socks and drink it. Few female stars of Hollywood's golden age received the luminous, slow-motion, soft-focus devotion Efron gets here. The idea is to stir the audience, and not just the young girls, to a collective rapturous sigh. (See pictures of Efron's career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zac Efron: The Tweens' Dream | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...Writing Project Assistant Director James Herron echoed this sentiment, adding that many times, the preceptors who have been teaching the longest are the ones who earn the highest Q ratings. “Expanding the term limits would enhance the stability of our program since our faculty could better focus on their teaching rather than have to become distracted with a job search just around the time when their teaching is attaining its most mature stage in our program,” Jehn wrote. Harris said that the time cap on preceptor positions presents a difficult dilemma for administrators...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: After Search, Expos Awaits Changes | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...that’s something admirable, to have a pure joy for it, and we all notice it and respect it a lot.”For now, as he prepares for both the end of the year and the start of the championship season, Gillespie continues to focus on just doing what he loves.“I love being on the team, and I love running,” he said. “I’ll be running until the day I die. Maybe later...

Author: By Alex Sopko, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Junior Sets Standard at Penn Relays | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

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