Word: meant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pattern of Marxist influence is also present in the structure of the play as a whole. Frantz, like Geotz of The Devil and Good Lord and Hugo of Dirty Hands, is liberated by his choice to face life as it is, which for Sartre meant choosing Marxism. "Going downstairs" is a perfect symbol for the acceptance of political participation by so many of Sartre's other characters, and suicide always follows their conversion as it does Frantz's. Yet Sartre still clings to both philosophies. For Frantz in the end escapes mauvaise-foi, his refusal to accept the reality...
...authors were sentenced to serve their term in a "rigorous-regime collective-labor colony." That probably meant one of the two Mordvinian camps in the upper Volga Basin, where they may see relatives three times a year, receive letters once a month, and be "paroled" only to a less severe camp. Since neither man is especially robust, long hours spent chopping trees and doing other heavy outdoor labor under sub-zero winter conditions could prove fatal. As far as Pravda, Tass and Izvestia were concerned, that would hardly be too harsh for what Tass described as "dirty foam brought...
...Matisse meant his art to soothe, not shock. Said he: "I dream of an art that is pure, calm and free of disturbing subject matter-something like a comfortable armchair in which one can recover from physical fatigue." One of his early teachers, Gustave Moreau, had predicted: "Matisse will simplify painting." He did, without sacrificing delicacy. Said Matisse: "I want to reach that state of condensation of sensations which constitute a picture." He simply distilled sunshine...
...eyes on the bright rectangles aswim in impastes of Christmas-color oils, turned to the great, grey, shambling man and asked timidly, "Aren't you Mr. Hofmann?" With a beam, he nodded, replied, "And of course you paint yourself." For him there was no higher activity and he meant it as a return compliment...
Last year, in a match that was televised locally, the Crimson downed Princeton, 22 to 9. A loss then would have meant chiefly embarrassment, but a loss today could cost Harvard dearly in the Ivy League standings...