Word: neither
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...made, at the height of his powers, in the 1880s and '90s. Their bodies are radiant, worked almost to a thick crust of pastel matte and blooming with myriad strokes within their tough winding contours. But they are also mechanisms of flesh and bone, all joints, protuberances, hollows, neither "personalities" nor pinups. (One sees why Duchamp, inventor of the mechanical bride, adored and copied Degas...
...apparently that decision is not entirely to the liking of one high-ranking Iranian, namely Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iranians, he said in a written message last week, must continue to "use their oppressor- burning flames against both the criminal Soviet Union and the world- devouring United States," looking "neither east nor west" for their future. His tone was hardly that of someone contemplating rapprochement -- or gestures designed to win U.S. friendship...
...Bush to work hard in his home state; like Dukakis, the Vice President was there again last week. The Democrat's hope is that the oil recession will raise indignation high enough to smother Bush's appeals to Texans' macho instincts. Both sides have so much at stake that neither can be seen as backing away...
...premier battleground in the Midwest, the region Dukakis must dominate if he is to offset Bush's strength in the South and West. Neither candidate has gained traction in Illinois, which is why Dukakis last week made his sixth visit since July. Bush has appeared there four times. Marshaling Chicago's large black vote has been difficult for Dukakis. In Ohio Bush leads and plans at least one excursion a week to hold that advantage. Democrats outnumber Republicans in Ohio, as in neighboring Michigan. But Democratic union members ) have been slow to mobilize. Owen Beiber, president of the United Auto...
...most closely contested large state, and Dukakis cannot win without it. Though the state has gone Republican in eight of the past nine elections, it has an affection for change that the Democrat is fighting to exploit. Neither candidate has a natural claim on Californians' sentiments. That, and the fact that two of the state's baseball teams made the play-offs, is slowing voters' decision making...