Word: overshadowed
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Political concerns motivate several of these works. In many cases, the perspective from which the work is painted reveals the artist's ideological intention. Childe Hassam's etching, Fifth Avenue, Noon, illustrates this trend. In the print, looming skyscrapers overshadow streets crowded with tiny people. Hassam uses line to emphasize the straightness of the buildings and the insignificance of the crowd, displaying his opinion that city life disempowers the individual...
SPORTS novels seem to fall into two central categories: those which describe a great triumph or defeat and those that are more interested in what happens after the game is over. In both, the sport and its powerful ability to overshadow a life is prominent. John Ed Bradley's new book, The Best There Ever Was, hovers between these two categories...
...suspect that the President accepted the need for a tax hike gradually, not at some specific moment. The real question was, When should the U turn take place? Wait until 1991 and the reversal could damage Bush's 1992 re-election campaign. Wait until late 1990 and it might overshadow the budget deal itself. Better, aides figured, to do it as soon as possible. Some Republican candidates might suffer, but most of the incumbents are unbeatable...
...exodus from New York is no more than a trickle. But it could become a flood if the fear of crime begins to overshadow the city's unique combination of pizazz and opportunity. Unchecked violence has already dulled the luster of the Big Apple. The daunting task before its leaders is to prevent it from rotting to the core...
Sensible citizens may be able to laugh off the idea of depravity emanating from their civic orchestra, ballet or Shakespeare theater. But in a battle conducted chiefly in the media, all it takes is a couple of controversial recipients to overshadow thousands of uncontested ones. And in the overheated climate of current debate, attempts to weed out controversial recipients can poison relations between the NEA and its beneficiaries. Last week the endowment reaffirmed a decision to strip grants from four performance artists, all of whom deal with sexual issues, after they had been chosen by fellow creators. NEA Chairman John...