Word: horned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that owe something to Jasper Johns, something to James Rosenquist. The most conspicuous new practitioner is a Texan named Vernon Fisher, 37, the only artist represented in all three shows. But political content hardly appears at all. The sole artist concerned with it is an Englishman, Conrad Atkinson (Hirsh-horn), who makes ferocious indictments-by-assemblage over such issues as Northern Ireland and asbestos poisoning of workers. His accumulations of data-letters, text panels, photos of graffiti and so on-undergo very little aesthetic transformation, but they have an undeniable forensic power...
...abikity, dedication, and competitive spirit by electing her captain of the combined (men's and women's) team. Norton, the first woman ever to hold that post, has displayed her racing prowess against both men and women. With Norton as tactician ("the person who runs the show,"--coach Mike Horn) and the only woman on board, Harvard won the MacMillan Cup in Annapolis, Md., her junior year...
Illness curtailed Norton's sailing season this fall, when, according to Horn, she was racing better than ever. But Norton has been reasonably healthy for the hockey season, and the squad has definitely benefitted from her presence, winning a record number of games and emerging as a viable contender for the Ivy crown...
...conceivable that World War III could start with the U.S. and Soviet Union taking sides, however reluctantly, in such a regional brawl. One possible site is the volatile Horn of Africa, where the forces of instability are as much demographic as geopolitical; famine and tribal vendettas might turn out to be as destructive as Kremlin scheming. The superpowers might be drawn in, since Soviet as well as Cuban forces are entrenched in Ethiopia, while the U.S. Rapid Deployment Force has access to bases in Ethiopia's hostile neighbor, Somalia...
...Ambrose Usher is modeled on Sir Isaiah Berlin, the high-wattage Oxford intellectual, government adviser and nonstop conversationalist. Sir Isaiah is 71. The ebullient Ambrose, of course, has the fictional hero's privilege of suspended birthdays. Or else cloak and mortarboard are more potent rejuvenators than powdered rhino horn. Only Alyss knows...