Word: motifs
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...cover about God. TIME contributor John Elson, who was then our religion writer, recalls that artist Larry Rivers created a three- dimensional painted collage for the cover that was deemed by everyone from Henry Luce on down to be great art but too confusing. The red-type-on-black motif was a last-minute substitute, as much an act of deadline desperation as editorial inspiration...
...those who just can't decide between the clever "Harvard Swallows" and the hip "Beavis and Butthead" motif, the Yale Co-op offers a tamer, if drier, option--"Yale vs. Harvard, `93." Coop sales staff admit that these are not exactly hot items...
...pursue academia, she still converses regularly with her manager and agent, and has to be prepared to "fly out at a moment's notice." Ng said that it is becoming increasingly difficult for Asian actors to find jobs, especially since the movie industry is being inundated by Asian-motif films...
...favorably influenced the quality of the filming and the musical accompaniment for the film. While the lighting may have been well-designed conceptually, the image on the screen is often imprecise and unclear. The music also accomplishes nothing more than a gesture. Two themes dominate, one an expensive, lyrical motif, which appears in all the places one would expect it, and the other a rapid undulating figure which may have indicated tension when Prokofiev employed it in the "Fiery Angel" but now only suggests spiders crawling furiously about their webs...
There is no doubt that commercialism has reached its high tide, and organized religion its low ebb, when the faithful shill for the Prince of Peace, slogan courtesy of the "King of Beers." Perhaps the clever Budweiser motif can continue. Maybe we'll soon see bumper stickers emblazoned with the logo, "Jesus: Proud to be Your Bud!" It may be crass, but it will sure be an attention-grabber...