Word: patterns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Cults can differ considerably in their demands and discipline; not all indulge in coercion or violence. Still, many conform to a standard pattern of behavior. Once a recruit is drawn into a cult-adherents prefer to call it a sect or denomination-its message is incessantly drummed in. The novice is seldom left alone, a prey to random thoughts. Ties are severed with his past life; communications with family and friends may be eliminated altogether, a process that critics regard as "programming" or "brainwashing." Says Kelley: "These movements divide families, split communities, create tension and friction and turmoil. They...
...Olivia Parker (Godine; unpaginated; $15) is a welcome exception. Parker works on a small scale (none of her pictures exceeds 35 sq. in.) that invites close scrutiny and then rewards it. Her subjects are found objects, old photographs, tombstones, pages from books, articles of clothing, sometimes arranged in odd patterns, always rendered in silvery light that makes the old seem new. A favorite pattern is the juxtaposition of fruits or vegetables and constricting frames. Though such shots sometimes attract cute titles (Bosc in a Box), they tease the eye with tensions that seem the opposite of still life...
...Egyptian official: "We are in a holding pattern. America is the controller and must get us safely on the ground before we crash...
...When I go to see ice shows, I don't actually see much skating. What I see is a lot of spectacle, a lot of camouflage, a lot of substitution, and very little of the real thing." What Curry wants to see is "a skater who draws a pattern of music in the air." The spectator should, he believes, "stop seeing the steps, the effort behind it all, and start seeing that it's a physical representation of the music...
...minority held onto a different standard of advertising acceptability. As in the past, we saw the role of The Crimson as a forum for discussion. We still recognized that we could turn down certain advertisers--those whose actions we believed to be so integrated into a pattern of repression and injustice that we simply could not help them promote their goods...