Word: markedness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There is an arbitrary quality to Johns' recent motifs-the hatching and the painted flagstones. They seem hermetic and trivial, both at once. They lack the iconic force of the flags, maps, numbers and targets. No painter ever marked time more elegantly. But there can be no summing-up...
During the 1973 Arab oil embargo, the nation's major international oil companies did engage in some shortlived and frantic price gouging. That happened when OPEC prices began their dizzy upward spiral and the companies marked up the selling price of imported oil that had been brought into inventory...
The award to Amnesty International marked the second time that the Nobel judges had paid tribute to its work: in 1974 the Peace Prize was given to Ireland's former Foreign Minister Sean MacBride, longtime chairman of AI's executive committee. There is no reason to criticize the...
Marked rhythm: "Like cowboy riding a horse."
The contrasts with the mainland school are marked. At Southie High, the students are quick to report, athletic activity begins and ends with football. Yet out on Thomson's Island, every morning the group devotes an hour to "initiative games" that take place in the open air. These specially designed...