Word: forme
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...establish a civilian government having failed, the embattled Shah made one more desperate effort to mollify his enemies through compromise. It might or might not succeed, but it bought a little time. After hours of intense bargaining, the Shah yielded, by asking one of his leading critics to form a civilian government that would replace the military regime that has ruled Iran for two months...
...After a run of a hundred years or so," wrote one of America's leading architecture critics, Peter Blake, in his belligerent text Form Follows Fiasco (1977), "Modern Dogma is worn out. We are now close to the end of one epoch, and well be fore the start of a new one. During this period of transition there will be no moratorium on building ... there will just be more and more architecture without architects." To travel in American cities is to know what he meant; the townscape of the '70s is perfused with cost-accountant buildings that bear no trace...
Scott-Heron and Jackson form a partnership in revolutionizing jazz through perceptual lyrics. Sometimes you may already know the subject and they just relay their opinion. In this partnership, Scott-Heron is more of the lyricist, undeniably an extension of his earlier days as a poet. Jackson, a brilliant flutist, drummer and piano man writes the melody for much of Scott-Heron's news. On the premise that two gifted artists should not be limited in the use of their talent, Scott-Heron and Jackson switch roles, double up and occasionally insert a third party for their creations...
TEHRAN, Iran--Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi yesterday accepted the advice of Shahpour Bakhtiar, whom he appointed prime minister last week, to "rest and take a vacation" while Bakhtiar tries to form a civilian cabinet to replace the military government and quell the violent protests against the Shah...
Glimp added that one possible new form of financial aid to be funded by the drive would be "student assistantship" posts, by which undergraduates could earn money through academic work...