Word: forthrightness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...give sculpture the fluidity of abstract-expressionist painting and partly a direct celebration of incongruity. Decoration, she believed, was "the only art sin." It was not a peccadillo she ever committed: ugly, difficult and raw though Eva Hesse's work is, it constitutes one of the most forthright statements in 1960s art. ·Robert Hughes
...smaller textile firms in South Carolina, and is a leader in the textile industry. He is a glutton for detail in his business. "He not only worked at the machines," says an assistant, "he got underneath the machines and counted teeth on the gears." Dent is a forthright spokesman for an industry that has been the recipient of special White House favors, namely the agreement the President worked out with Japan to limit textile sales to the U.S. Indeed, protectionist measures have also aided the oil, steel and sugar industries. But in other areas, the Administration is pressing for liberalized...
...usual models and photographs of architectural projects are there, but also huge replicas of columns and wall details that convey the magnitude and impact of buildings. Regrettably, the effect is to emphasize Breuer's late work. While structurally forthright and beautifully executed-he considers every detail down to how his materials will weather over the years-these immense, sculptural buildings tend to lack the grace, originality and controlled exuberance of his earlier projects...
...very successful in its attempt to present the other side. There is a half-page on Colorado (for its Jewish community) but no separate entry on Israel's neighbor, Saudi Arabia. The encyclopedia gamely notes Gambler Arnold Rothstein and Gangster Benjamin ("Bugsy") Siegel with crisp, forthright entries, but there is no treatment of Jewish humor beyond Hebrew parody-because, say the editors, they could not find a suitable author...
...MASSACHUSETTS and Wisconsin primaries earlier this year Senator McGovern took a stance which some political analysts have described as the new populism. McGovern advocated breaking up big corporations, closing tax loopholes, and cutting the taxes of middle-income people. These stands and his forthright position on Vietnam led him to victory...