Word: paintings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cooked up himself (such as the innocent fiction that he had been to Mexico in the army of Napoleon III and had seen real jungles) or that were invented by friends (like the playwright Alfred Jarry's absurd story that he, like Pygmalion, taught the old boy to paint). And it would finish with the belief that Rousseau (1844-1910) was one of the greatest protomodern artists...
...seems to have opened up a new artistic world on personal computers. Using only the Mac's palm-size mouse controller, the program gave chartmakers and would-be Picassos easy access to a variety of artist's tools, from an electronic paintbrush with variable-size brushstrokes to a computer paint can that pours out an infinite variety of patterns and shades. There is now a quiverful of MacPaint imitations that run on other machines, including Apple's MousePaint ($100) and Broderbund's DazzleDraw ($50) for the Apple II, Mouse Systems' PC Paint...
...much character. We ought to paint the wall blue all around him and get special lighting," said Cabot House resident Leigh Shemitz...
...however, resisted the conclusion of the report and demanded that the goal of a nuclear-free world be made a centerpiece of his arms-control policy. That presidential imperative was politically brilliant. It allowed Reagan to escape from the corner into which critics on his left had tried to paint him. No longer could they accuse him of being "against" arms control. He could go them one better, outflanking the arms-freeze movement and matching the nuclear abolitionists. Star Wars, if it worked, would even be a "cure" for nuclear winter...
After the set has been designed, the technical director and the producer must find a crew to help with the final building. Often, actors pitch in to hammer and paint...