Word: misshapen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thinking of them--not as individuals but as a rising class. Children were at the furthest end of his ideological chain, but they were also the most powerful, for if the innocent young could absorb his policies, they were likely to be secure. As adults, children would become the misshapen world he dreamed of, and he would darken their lives forever...
Think what a monster he might have been--what a corrupt, misshapen brat might have emerged from these 35 years of glamour, political power, tragedy, money, fame and relentless, drooling hype. A grotesque egotist might have been the best-case scenario...
...casual, comfortable clothing." In a metaphor that is almost poetic, Grun-wald explains: With the pocket t-shirts and cotton turtlenecks grouped into small, medium, large and extra large, "the Gap fits everybody. It provides the sartorial equivalent of the Big Tent, welcoming America's diverse multitude of grossly misshapen bodies into the comforting embrace of its loose fitting" sweaters...
...while clearly interested ahead of time in the art involved in setting up an exhibit in a museum, Rabinowitch endows each piece with enough enduring personality to deserve lingering attention. Here sits one, a misshapen manhole or new-fangled stop-watch, whose scratches and smoothness vie with the bold, geometric chords that stretch across its center. There sits another, a pueblo for dormice, whose precise measurements and truncated top make one wonder what is suggested or what might possibly be missing...
Quasimodo however, is a new kind of hero for Disney. At age 20, he is the oldest protagonist in Disney history. A far cry from the beautiful Snow White--hated for her beauty by the jealous Queen--Quasi is reviled by the public for his misshapen form--and Disney spared no effort in making the guy ugly. He yearns to leave Notre Dame, where his ward, the evil Judge Frollo, keeps him isolated...