Word: islanded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Like most arists today Mirko rejects attempts, similar to those of Coney Island portraitists, at a frozen duplication of reality. The reality, he feels, is better than a copy because in the duplication you lose "the warmth of a cheek, or the movement of a tree." For art to equal nature it must "create its own magic reality...
...proud of my native Rhode Island. I am not ashamed that I grew up in the shadow of Brown Stadium. But Brown reeks. The only team in the Ivies which might allow itself to be battled by the Bruins is their opponent, Columbia. In my final appearance, then, I beg the Bruins to come through: Brown 14, Columbia...
...would not plunge prospering Okinawans back to a "barefoot existence and sweet-potato diet." In the noisiest campaign in Okinawa's history, Nishime came off second best. When he cornered Yara in a television debate on the economic consequences of U.S. withdrawal (U.S. spending accounts for half the island's G.N.P.), voters were only offended at his disrespect for the opponent who was his former teacher. Meantime, Yara's campaign workers pinned on him the devastating label "yellow Yankee." The campaign raged over Okinawa, with sound trucks punctuating the air with the rival slogans...
...firmly insisted that no public places be named after her, but Lady Bird Johnson had not reckoned with Stewart Udall. She watched unsuspecting as the Interior Secretary formally announced the planting of 2,700 dogwood trees and 1,000,000 daffodils on a beautiful 121-acre island park in the Potomac River. Then she sat up with a start as Udall announced that what was Columbia Island will henceforth be known as "Lady Bird Johnson Park...
...Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's view of Asian economics big fish eat little fish, and little fish eat smaller ones-but none are about to get his 225-sq.-mi. island nation. The reason is that, small as it may be, Singapore is more than strong enough to keep its economic independence...