Word: lull
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...Paris 1400, Art During the Reign of Charles VI covers the King's long reign from 1380 to 1422, when Paris emerged as an artistic and intellectual capital. Despite Charles' bouts of madness, he presided over a long lull in the Hundred Years War, and his flourishing city attracted artists and artisans from all across Europe, notably Italy, Flanders and Germany. Prefiguring Renaissance humanism, their themes were not only religious but also the ideals of chivalry and courtly love, and their handiwork included painting, sculpture, manuscript illuminations, enamels, tapestries, stained glass, embroidery and jewelry. Sometime in the late 18th century...
...Crimson eventually cooled, but Dartmouth was unable to muster enough offense to capitalize on the scoring lull. Compounding the problem, the Big Green gave up 10 Harvard offensive rebounds in the first half. The Crimson went into the locker room with a convincing 46-30 lead...
...lull, Hayley plays Boggle. Headstands give way to yoga...
...Crowded is not the word,” laughed a Hark restaurant cashier Quala Baker as she refilled the soda shelf during a late afternoon lull. “It’s been crazy here...
...moment of Thursday-night-lull weakness (not to mention moral weakness, according to the RIAA), I downloaded Clerks last week. I got through about an hour of its grainy black and white glory before conceding to the sullen stack of books that sat accusingly on my desk. Before long, though, I was sneaking back to the movie, just to watch Jay and Silent Bob dance in front of the convenience store one more time. Clerks had snared me for the night, but its magnetism had less to do with cinematic excellence than with the familiarity, the memories, that the movie...