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Word: formals (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wife of Bobby, she is the most unrealistic of all the characters. She rants about gardens and masochistic mutilation, but her lines are written in such a convoluted and start-and-stop manner that she is the hardest to understand. Add to that Pidgeon's stiff and formal delivery style reminiscent of Carol in Oleanna. But ultimately she could be nothing but a direct projection of Bobby's warped view of her as the ex-wife...

Author: By Judy P. Tsai, | Title: Grasping the Past, Facing the Future | 4/24/1997 | See Source »

...presenting a variety of preliminary sketches and collages, MFA curator Barbara Stern Shapiro provides important insight into Lichtenstein's working process. She also includes four landscape monotypes by Degas, which Lichtenstein credits as the initial inspiration for his atmospheric landscapes. However, a formal comparison between Degas' prints and Lichtenstein's paintings yields few enlightening similarities, perhaps suggesting that artistic inspiration, like Chinese landscapes, is better left veiled in mystery...

Author: By Scott Rothkopf, | Title: Seeing The Big Picture | 4/24/1997 | See Source »

Although the masters did not take a formal vote at their last monthly meeting, Dowling said they reached a consensus that they were against loosening current restrictions on key card access...

Author: By Peggy S. Chen, | Title: Masters Reject Universal Access | 4/22/1997 | See Source »

...season for house formal date-hunting, and landing a Harvard guy with a sense of rhythm is like winning your first Master's at age 21, (we can't all have the eye of the Tiger...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Male Dancers | 4/19/1997 | See Source »

...Actually, I just went to my first formal dances this year," says BDC member Jay H. Chyung '98. Chyung explains that although he attended the Quad formal and Tri-House formal with his ballroom partner earlier this year, ballroom competitions and formal dances are worlds apart...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Male Dancers | 4/19/1997 | See Source »

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