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...also created an aesthetic controversy -- but not the one anybody would have expected. Parisians think the building is too ... Parisian. Critics have complained that it is not bold and Californian enough. Gehry "has abandoned a bit of his wild, spontaneous quality in order to cater to a Parisian norm," charges Francois Chaslin, editor of the influential monthly Architecture d'Aujourd'hui. "The result is more ordinary, less powerful than his other buildings...
...such restraint uncommon? Maybe not. "Formost, virginity-'tilmarriage was still the norm(from which deviations did occur) and notnecessarily felt as childishness to be trashed atthe first opportunity. In '44, The Pill wasunheard of, and God was still a He. Unless you hada married lady's arcane information, chastityprevented peck of troubles. (You didn't have tolike it. Many complained...
...protests had the power to shape ageneration's attitudes and beliefs, according tograduates. No longer was the majority alwaysright, no longer students accept the social norm...
...Olympia" to Playboy cartoons remind the viewer that this is not just a criticism of a contemporary issue, but rather the problematic perceptions of the female body have been deeply imbedded and indoctrinated into social standards. The responsibility of art is a central issue; female nudes once considered the norm for art are now re-evaluated in terms of their ramifications for female sexuality. A Playboy cartoon best summarizes the idea. It depicts a man in a museum looking at what appears to be a modern painting. Abstract colorful planes speckle the canvas, but the man's figurative interpretation becomes...
...year -- 50% above the average take for a , prosperous mall store. Warner's figure is an even gaudier $750. The number may be skewed because the company's showcase stores at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan do business considerably above the Warner norm, but no one is complaining. Last Christmas, says Peter Starrett, president of Warner Bros. Worldwide Retail, "the Fifth Avenue store did twice the volume we expected...