Word: looser
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Over the years, Kitaj's way of painting has passed from extreme and at times mannered precision (though with "rough" bits of drawing and focus) to a much looser and Expressionist manner. His most recent work is sketchier yet, and some of its tropes seem merely silly-like Western Bathers, 1993-94, a parody of Cazanne's theme but with the figures in cowboy costume around a campfire. Maybe a climactic late style lies on the other side of this interlude, maybe not. In neither case can his work be written...
...second half, the Crimson had to worry about the infractions piling up and forcing players out of the game. The defense was forced to play a little looser, and the Big Green subsequently ran off with the 73-65 victory...
Although this association would be looser than Partners', the hospitals could greatly benefit from the affiliation...
...granted. So why can't Michael Jordan hit the ball? The world's greatest athlete, alleviating his basketball burnout playing rightfield for the Birmingham Barons, is batting a measly .200 and hasn't hit a home run. Maybe the pitching is better in Alabama, or the ball is looser, or the umps meaner, or the wind blows in. Maybe Michael is just unlucky...
...grounds alone: Who can resist an unauthorized peek at the inner life of a legend? Le Premier Homme has a confessional feeling, unmediated by any of the distancing ironies and disguises Camus employed in works published during his lifetime. It cannot be known whether he was reaching for the looser and more lush writing style of this narrative or whether he did not live to pare away what he might have considered its excesses. But his hero, Jacques Cormery (the surname of Camus's paternal grandmother), is indistinguishable from his creator...