Word: imprimature
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cultural arbiters are busy just now granting the maverick Gehry their imprimatur. Currently on view at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis is the first major museum show of his work, an elaborate installation for which Gehry designed a 23-ft.-high freestanding copper structure, a fish-shaped enclosure, complete with lead "scales," for the exhibition of his fish-shaped Formica- chip lamps and a cardboard space for the exhibition of his cardboard furniture. "I'm trying to pretend it's not a big deal," Gehry said just before the opening in Minneapolis. "But it's a big deal...
...Jesuit propounded the philosophy that God made man to embrace the world rather than reject it. This view vindicated Cuomo's own preference for engagement with the world and confirmed his judgment that his liberal activism and commitment to social justice had both a moral and a specifically Catholic imprimatur...
...eliminated church schools, made it difficult for practicing Christians to get government jobs and even discouraged the observance of Christmas because it impeded the sugar- cane harvest. Pronouncements on faith, however, surface regularly in Fidel and Religion: Conversations with Friar Betto, just published in Cuba with Castro's own imprimatur. It is proving to be an instant hit: when the 379-page volume went on sale in Havana bookstores three weeks ago, lines of purchasers stretched for blocks...
...clear that what Cambridge is doing is legal," said Sally Greenberg, East Coast civil rights director for the ADL. The nativity scene on the Common "has the imprimatur of public sponsorship by appearing in a public park and that perception is a problem for us," she said...
Welcome to the world of the gray market. Embraced by bargain hunters at the same time that it is cursed by conventional retailers, the gray market thrives by selling brand-name cameras, consumer electronics, personal computers, cars and even excavators without the imprimatur of a manufacturer's authorized distributor. The products do not have either the standard warranty or the higher markup. Unlike black-market trafficking in stolen or counterfeit goods, gray-market trade is perfectly legal and has even been encouraged by the Reagan Administration...