Word: minding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nothing of the sort. Any biologist will tell him that Mr. Pollock made a subconscious endeavor to paint a jumble of spermatozoa, probably of bovine origin. He must have seen these animalcules under the microscope or in a picture at one time. That past experience in the subconscious mind of the artist has forced him to splurge them on canvas at a moment of "high tension." If there has been any disintegration, it has been in the painting of many abnormal forms, microcephalic (small-headed), acephalic (headless), atrichous (tailless) spermatozoa with a few typical specimens...
...From an early age," says the Secretary of State, "this made me impatient with people who said this step is leading to socialism and the next step will be Communism and the next step will be antiChrist. To my mind the point is, how do you deal with this problem? They say if you do this or that you will end up in socialism. Nuts...
...first time, the 'tabloid' ballet called "Tiger Lily" stuck out in my mind as being particularly good, but the other night it seemed more like the usual type of jazz-ballet which is part of every Broadway show these days. It is certainly one of the most interesting, and dramatic in its narrative content, but Valerie Bettis, its star dancer, does much better work in the less-spectacular "Haunted Heart" dance...
...best feature of this show was an obedience section which featured skill trials and mental exercises instead of canine posturing. At one point the owners left their charges alone together in the ring, ostensibly to find out if dogs know how to mind their own business. The dogs sat silently while the crowd watched expectantly. We wondered what they were thinking about...
...Ickes changed his mind. After a conference with President Roosevelt, he decided to hold lease applications and start legal action to determine ownership of the oil lands. Resolutions to assert United States ownership were introduced in Congress in 1937 and 1939 but were not passed, and the issue died down during the war. In 1947, Attorney General Tom Clark brought legal action directly against the State of California to bring the case under the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court...