Word: mattering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...University's pleasantly vague overture to the City in the matter of building a public parking facility is a commendable and neighborly action. Obviously, the Square is crowded, and Harvard's apparent altruism could go far toward relieving the situation...
...brusque, dammit-to-hell type society woman, a kind of orthodox Auntie Mame, who bustles around and smokes like a man. The audience, of course, likes to dream themselves into the two for an evening. What the actors do while they walk around in these characters doesn't matter a whole...
...that, nevertheless, this was the best show on Fifty-Seventh Street and not one easily forgotten. The comment is indicative despite its derogatory aspect. A painter can usually, or should ideally, be able to project his knowledge and instinct beyond his taste, the last mentioned being surface matter in the business of criticism. It was this gentleman's taste which created the paradox. What the incident evokes is the fact that Lyonel Feininger's work is that of a painter's painter. He always commanded the respect of his fellow artists. That is no easy thing to achieve and there...
Asserting that "communication" of the parking rules was a difficult matter, Mrs. Wheeler proposed that printed pamphlets be mailed out with parking tickets and that stickers bearing the new rules be attached to present parking signs...
Saxe also noted that the French public seemed unable to decide between the alternatives of integration or independence for Algeria and preferred to leave the matter to DeGaulle...