Word: hug
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lifetime of work, but surely it is Monchengladbach that got the prize for Hollein. The three-year-old hillside museum is like a tiny town within a town, an agglomeration of distinct but compatible structures, a labyrinth set on its own stone Platz. Undula- ting red brick terraces hug the slope, relaxed and vaguely mock-ancient, not abrasive Disneyland replicas. As ever, Hollein succeeds in pleasing with the highly particular small space, the odd cutout corner or voluptuous semicircular marble stair. Monchengladbach has the virtuoso exuberance of a big, ambitious first novel, brimming with every story fragment and shimmery turn...
...Laura's pictures. An amateur philosopher, Leonad pontificates. "Look, sex has nothing to do with love: you can wash off sex," but Charles asks only to take Laura's picture with her clothes on, Leonard gets Charles a hooker, and the high school photo addict asks only for a hug...
...wilderness of papier-mache rocks and trees painted on screens, while a chorus of owls and frogs makes deep-woods sounds. The two moose shamble off and ... Wait a second. Big Bear has made a grab for Little Bear. Now Big Bear comes on heavy with a lingering hug that bothers Little Bear, who squirms away. The kids in the audience whisper, "Hide! Hide!" But Big Bear finds Little Bear, and this time Big Bear plants a large paw on Little Bear's crotch. Big Bear threatens to spank Little Bear if Little Bear tells. But in wanders...
There are good touches, such as a relative's loving hug or a baby-sitter's 3 tickle. "But if it doesn't stop or makes you feel uncomfortable," she says, "it's a bad touch," the kind that can give you that "uh-oh feeling." When that happens, she goes on, "trust your feelings. Say 'I don't want to,' and get away as fast as you can. Then keep telling your story until you are believed...
...space and time... You don't get it often, but when it's there, it's better than having sex." Brisco-Hooks celebrated her 400-meter-race gold medal by dropping to her knees in prayer, then jumping up and down in a massive family bear hug with her husband and two-year...