Word: hoes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...World War I New York rubbed off on him, and none shows in his work. The only painting in this show that could be guessed to show an industrial worker is Pennsylvania Coal Town, 1947; and the bald man is posed like Millet's peasant with a hoe, raking grass outside his house in the sunlight, not hewing at the coal face in darkness. No hints of class conflict intrude on Hopper's vision of American society, which he painted one isolated person at a time...
While it will be a tough row to hoe, the squad has already battled its share of heavies this season. Its preIvy schedule included such solid teams as LaSalle, Providence, and Bucknell...
...blue- and-white fabric roped his elbows tight behind his back. His three young accusers shouted that the Hutu was a member of a militia group that had slaughtered Tutsi and political moderates earlier this year. They had seen him beat an old woman to death with a hoe, they yelled; they had just come back to their town to find the Hutu still in his house, a free man. The suspect stared fixedly at the soldier, repeating over and over in a low voice, "I didn't kill anyone. I didn't kill anyone...
...hundred Peace Corps volunteers arrived in Moscow last week; half have M.B.A.s, and several are company presidents. They will spend two years staffing small business advisory centers all over Russia. Officials from the republics are taking Capitalism and Democracy 101 at a Vienna institute. Donors are shifting resources to "hoe and shovel people" who will immerse themselves in teaching Russians how to solve their own problems...
...extremely proud of this team," said Peckham. "We had a tough row to hoe and caught a couple of bad breaks, and next year we will do better...