Word: lenticular
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Warhol has implemented the notion not only through painting and constructions, but by making plotless, purposely boring films like Empire, an eight-hour lenticular contemplation of the Empire State Building. Such creations can be viewed as a form of extremely arch satire, although they also encourage the viewer to experience familiar objects in fresh ways...
...rest proved to be anything from lenticular clouds to runaway balloons, kites to jet-engine exhaust. At week's end the Air Force attributed the Ann Arbor and Hillsdale apparitions to marsh gas (methane) created by organic decomposition and ignited by combustion...
...Turtle, Lockheed's odd-looking entry, is lens-shaped to allow it to scoot along the bottom like a flounder. After experiments with a small, self-propelled model, Designer Willy Fiedler decided that the lenticular shape, made of two strong metal saucers joined at their edges, is the best for the moderately deep ocean. It will resist pressure and have more maneuverability than a sphere. Dr. Fiedler hopes to use it to spy on fish and learn to catch them cheaply. It can repair damaged cables and bury radioactive wastes in the ocean bottom. Lockheed has high hopes...
...determination of the cause of Wilson's disease, or hepatolenticular degeneration. This is a genetic desease involving cirrhosis of the liver (progressive destruction of the cells), a smoky brownish ring around the corner of the eye, and a progressive degeneration of part of the brain known as the lenticular nucleus, resulting in tremors and rigidity of the body...