Word: odd
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...geometric circle; not until you consult the catalogue do you find that it is a view from above a swimming pool, with a rubber ring floating on the surface. But in general, Hockney's new scenes are as visually straightforward as anyone might wish. So where does their odd presence come from...
Vivian's lover, or suitor, follows her around on a big horse, appearing at odd moments out of the bushes. Her father (Ruby's brother) trying out a new sit-down lawnmower given to him for his birthday, detects the presence of a stranger when he discovers a pile of horse dung on the lawn. But he is too late: Vivian has already climbed out of her bedroom and is riding away with her arms around her lover...
...STUDENTS continued to lobby until Tuesday afternoon, when the amendment was called to vote. The waiting line for the Senate Gallery contained an odd assortment of people. The vote on the Byrd Amendment was scheduled for 2 p.m. At 1:30 p.m. a recess was called in order to see the Apollo 14 astronauts during their tour of Washington. Because of the crowds, visitors to the gallery were only allowed to stay for fifteen minutes. Timing was essential--one student overcompensated and at 1:55 p.m. was shuttled out of the gallery. He spotted a friend in the line...
...play music, but it is always subordinate to their dialogue with listeners. Others, like Don Imus of New York City's WNBC, subordinate even the dialogue to their own versions of zany nightclub comedy. Chicago's Larry ("the Legend") Johnson has made a success out of calling odd people or faraway places to entertain his estimated 120,000 weekly listeners on station WIND. What's the weather like in Miami? Larry the Lege will call the Miami weather bureau and find out. Do the papers say that Princess Margaret is taking a salary cut? Call Buckingham Palace...
...lotus land. "Miss Weld is not a very good representative for the motion-picture industry," complained Gossip Columnist Louella Parsons, Hollywood's dragon lady, when Tuesday was 16 and the star of a seemingly endless series of sex-at-the-beach type minipics. Actually, Tuesday's sins-odd clothing, bare feet and open love affairs -would have seemed quite normal a decade later. Her chief offense was to be hip too soon...