Word: horseless
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Mitsumasa Anno has been called the Escher of Japan because of his ability to trick the eye and educate the mind. In Anno's Flea Market (Philomel; $11.95), two old peasants wheel a cart across a medieval square. Horseless carriages suddenly appear in the background. A stagecoach is on display, and African explorers have arrived with a cache of ivory tusks. In Anno's crowded canvas, allusions are everywhere: the novels of Robert Louis Stevenson, the paintings of Monet, the films of Rene Clair reach across the years. With his panoramic, limitless cast, this flea market constantly renews...
...generation, the horseless carriage remained an exclusive possession of the rich, an ideal object of conspicuous consumption, a perfect excuse for a dashing new wardrobe of matching goggles, cap and scarf. But in 1913 a mechanic named Henry Ford began turning out Model Ts on his newfangled assembly line. By the mid-'20s Ford was producing a car every ten seconds. Price: as low as $265. Mobility was suddenly within reach of the average family, and an egalitarian society was no longer some impossible ideal. Automobile ownership, reported Robert and Helen Lynd in Middletown, soon became "an accepted essential...
...lucky that Dale is so irresistible, since the book makes him a horseless rider. Writer Mark Bramble has sketched in the details of Barnum's career like a superficially canned guided tour. We can grasp Barnum's relish for humbuggery (There's a Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute), but not the calm, staunch loyalty his wife (Glenn Close) displays even during his dalliance with "the Swedish Nightingale," Jenny Lind (Marianne Tatum...
...energy problem, Reagan says: "From the time of the horseless carriage until 1971, there was no energy shortage. What happened is that in 1971 Government got into the energy business. If Government would just get out of the energy business and leave the oil companies alone, the greatest petroleum geologists have told me we would not have to buy from OPEC." Reagan ignores the fact that before 1971, the Government was heavily involved in energy, largely by erecting tariff barriers to protect the prices of domestic oil and to limit imports. As for those future supplies that Reagan sees waiting...