Word: michel
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There are many careers of this sort. Among their prototypes is the former subway artist and present disco decorator Keith Haring, 27, with his thin doodles of barking dogs and radioactive babies. Another is Jean-Michel Basquiat, 24, much hyped as a sort of art-world Eddie Murphy and hence especially popular with Los Angeles collectors, his untutored and zappy scrawls routinely praised for their "energy." (This anxious hope for signs of energy is a sure index of cultural flabbiness.) But for postgraffiti art the writing is already on the wall, and such careers, rolling in their limos to oblivion...
...Glass Ensemble performed at the Festival d'Automne in Paris, which was run by Michel Guy, a French aristocrat fascinated by the New York avant-garde. Appointed Secretary of State for Culture the next year, Guy later commissioned Einstein on the Beach, which had its premiere in July 1976 after a year of rehearsals. The unconventional Einstein was a near pantomime set to Wilson's typically elliptical spoken texts and allusive stage pictures of railroad trains and spaceships. There were no formal arias or indeed any set pieces at all; a small chorus sang "One, two, three, four, five...
Ortega received cordial but noncommittal welcomes at subsequent stops. In Paris he met with President Francois Mitterrand, after which Spokesman Michel Vauzelle said that France "can develop its commercial exchanges" with Nicaragua. But other officials suggested that France, which already runs a $7 million trade deficit with Nicaragua, was not anxious to increase it. In Rome, Italian Prime Minister Benedetto ("Bettino") Craxi agreed to maintain Italy's current $70 million combination of aid and trade with Managua...
...struggle was really part of a larger battle within the Republican Party, in which young Turks on the right are challenging the collegial style of Michel, a widely respected minority leader who has tried to preserve the traditional decorum between the two parties. "There is a power battle going on," said one member. "Michel saw this issue as being used to undermine his leadership." He thus felt forced to lead the walkout in order not to be outflanked on his right...
When some of the Republicans returned to the chamber, to another standing ovation, it was clear that some of the fury had dissipated. "Mr. Speaker," said Michel somewhat sheepishly to his old golfing buddy, "we weren't going to stay away forever." The members burst into laughter. Replied O'Neill: "I am delighted to see my old friend back. As Joe Louis said, 'He can run but he can't hide...