Word: mix
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prefers because they respond well to re-working: "Watercolor is like a typewriter; acrylic is like a word-processor." He starts each piece with a gray underpainting on which he builds layers of brighter color--he doesn't use any pigments straight from the tube, preferring instead to mix subtle tones. His darkest shades are made up of reds, blues, and greens; he never uses black in a painting. Howe's brush strokes are, for the most part, controlled, although in some of his earlier pieces like "Adele's Tea House I," the actual process remains visible: "the painting...
Both Hoffmann and Broz said the coursecurriculum is essentially the same as Nye taught.But they also said a few post-Cold War topics likeYugoslavia and European integration have beenadded to the mix...
...other man. The love he refers to is familial: "I consider it to be a good idea for us all to be together in these times of struggling." He points to a pantry stocked with some 15 cans of corn, a couple of jars of spaghetti sauce, and pancake mix and syrup -- proof, he says, that no one here goes hungry. He regards as misplaced any sentiment questioning his sisters' child rearing: "They are young single mothers who adore their children," he vouches. On a typical day, he ticks off, "the kids go to school, get fed, watch...
...Most are interested in how many papers they will have to write. A reporter asks for a clarification of the DNA-RNA-melanin triangle. "Well, for one thing," Jeffries replies, "you want to have the duality-polarity in life." Two or three students glance about nervously. "There's a mix," he says, and adds, his voice getting softer, "a mix of DNA, RNA, and there's a not-too- understood question of melanin, the organized molecule, in the beginning. And this is the relationship that produces the processes of life, the multiplicity of cells " Now several students are shooting embarrassed...
...shadow festival. Here the conversation only rarely strays to the films that the movie folk have ostensibly come to see; instead, it's the same talk that goes on year-round in Hollywood, transplanted and intensified and extended into the wee hours. The shadow festival is a curious mix of collegiate revelry and Sammy Glick desperation. For participants, it's a chance to make a year's worth of contacts in a few sleep- deprived nights. For outsiders, it's a zoological treasure trove, a place where all the major species of Hollywood schmoozemeister can be observed in an only...