Word: ornamentalism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...sheriff picked up the ornament, replaced it, and landed the third blow to the platform amidst laughter from the crowd...
...sheriff picked up the ornament, replaced it, and landed the third blow to the platform amidst laughter from the crowd...
...this way, the ground at the feet of the World Trade Center deserves so much less than Libeskind’s fiercely beautiful vision, his floating 1776-foot spire, his hanging gardens. Less ornament, less grace, less art. For people were not buried there, they were slaughtered. At the location of such a tragedy, no memorial for the victims can speak beyond the site’s capacity for speech, no monument to the heroes can be more than distraction...
...There’s something in our makeup that makes us need to ornament our clothes and ourselves,” Gerardi says. “And I think people are attracted to the topic of shoes especially...
Jack Nicklaus carries three tees and three pennies in his pocket when he plays. Fred Couples only uses balls with ones and threes on them. Golfers may be the most superstitious of all pro athletes, but no good-luck charm has swept the tour like a little ornament called the QLink. A lightweight pendant worn as a necklace, it supposedly helps the body ward off electromagnetic fields and increases mental stamina. Clarus Products International has sold more than 200,000 of the pendants since 1999 and claims that 300 pros are now wearing them. The company cites scientists who tout...