Word: might
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Resin & Rotten Eggs. Fashions in odor change with the times. In the 17th Century, say the authors, the best-loved perfumes were spices, resins and incense-like aromatics. They suspect that a lovely court lady, deliciously spiced for her time, might be rushed to the nearest exit by moderns. They also suggest that expensive modern perfumes (containing synthetics and animal sex lures) might have caused a similar reaction at the court of Louis...
...never looked posed; they were painted as Bishop had first sketched them, in the park or subway or on the street, licking ice-cream cones, reading newspapers, chatting on park benches. There was no glamour in Bishop's handling of them, and no heavy realism either. Her models might be too rumpled and dispirited for Vogue magazine, but they shared a dreamlike solemnity and detachment that is seldom found on the street...
...elder Warbis might have been exaggerating his dislike of son Thomas' work, for Warbis senior had submitted it to the exhibition in the first place. When Warbis junior and his mother went to see the show, the young artist had a chance to defend his own painting, but he had nothing to say for publication. He simply grinned at the flabbergasted gallerygoers. Once he went off and stood on his head in a corner. Modern Artist Warbis was just seven, had painted Skegness...
...form of Christianity." But there would be significant differences. At present "in most European countries the Christian church finds itself allied with the landlords, capitalists and the prosperous bourgeoisie. The alliance is unlikely to be permanent, and when it ceases, a much-modified communism, supported by Christian sympathy, might easily emerge...
...horseshoe-shaped gem counter, but goes out after it with salesmen who range all over Texas. Any Texan who strikes it rich can expect to hear from a Linz salesman about the time he buys his first Cadillac. In their modest little sample cases the salesmen might carry a fortune in jewels. To stay out of the way of thieves, they travel under assumed names, never get too clubby in the club cars, and use a code to communicate with the home office. None has ever been robbed...