Word: misfit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Giorgio Morandi died at the age of 73 in 1964, he was, from the view of modern art that revolves around "movements" and historical groupings, a kind of seraphic misfit. He was not a joiner moved nowhere, did a little teaching, and spent most of the last 45 years of his life in a slightly musty, secluded flat in Bologna, the red-brick provincial city whose reluctant cultural ornament he had become. In all his life he stepped out of Italy only to cross the border for a few brief trips into nearby parts of Switzerland. Il Monaco...
...them into enemies of Hugel's, fueled suspicions that it may have been instigated by Hugel's CIA foes. When Hugel promptly resigned, his mentor, Casey, suddenly looked vulnerable too. Goldwater, in particular, saw the Hugel fiasco as reason enough to replace Casey for having chosen a misfit for the sensitive...
...then, Stripes plays on the old hybrid theme used in Buck Privates, No Time for Sergeants, and all of the innumerable imitations that followed: Misfit joins Army as last resort, misfit has several run-ins with the tough drill sergeant, misfit winds up proving his heroism and thereby gaining the sergeant's respect...
...camp it up this time, with Ringo Starr as a misfit caveman and sultry Barbara Bach as his Stone Age Circe? Why not, indeed? Writers Gottlieb and DeLuca have risen-no, lowered themselves-to the challenge. Instead of screaming at prehistoric monsters, the audience squeams at a ragtag parade of sight gags and slapstick. And has a wonderful time...
...might have been expected most of the other CBS pages were the children of network presidents, vice presidents, producers, directors and correspondents. My connection was far more tenuous and I often felt like something of a misfit with Dan Rather Jr. and company. I was disappointed when I couldn't fill in the name tag saving. "I'm------s kid," which the graphics department cheerfully distributed among "The Neps." Then again, I was a little less prone to being complacent...