Word: impressionism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Cezanne was fascinated by Gericault, Daumier, Delacroix and the revolutionary Realism of both Courbet and Manet. But he had no facility at all; the impression given off by his early style couillarde--his "ballsy style," as he called it--is of a thwarted, tumultuous, half-articulate imagination bashing against the...
"During freshman year, everyone was asking each other, 'Where are you from?' Now the question is 'Where are you going?' It seems oddly poignant and symmetric," remarks Kedlaya. "I'm a mathematician and I like symmetry, so that made an impression on me."
"My impression of having seen my friends go through it is that sometimes it's an imperfect process," Lee says.
"It was my impression that the Director of Office of Public Service and the Director of PBH were to be included in such a review," Ehrlich says.
Communications breakthroughs increased the impression that Everest was accessible to nearly anyone. Climbers call home from the summit using satellite phones. They send E-mail. Over the past two months, socialite-alpinist Sandy Hill Pittman has been describing her ascent with Fischer's group on the Internet and throwing in...