Word: peculiare
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...mentor, promoter, lover and husband and who, with her, would enact one of the great partnerships of American culture, grasped the other side of this immediately. "At last," he exclaimed on seeing her drawings in 1916, "a woman on paper!" For in the last analysis, one cannot imagine the peculiar sensibility of her work -- its steely finesse and suppleness, its imagery of blossoming, unfolding and embrace -- coming with such conviction, or perhaps at all, from a man. O'Keeffe was a woman of exquisite moral vigor. Now that she is dead, no effort will be spared to convert her into...
Exactly. Not every deposed "strongman" and dictatorial Alldaddy ends up as shattered as Lear on the heath. Napoleon was comfortable enough. He had a girlfriend called Rosebud and spent much of his day soaking in the tub. But no doubt a peculiar loneliness descends upon the autocrat condemned to live out his days in one of the upstairs rooms, like a mental case in the family. He is the Wizard of Oz, bereft of his wonder machine...
...mentioned once by name, the late party leader was a prime target of Gorbachev's scorn. Said he: "For a number of years, the deeds and actions of party and government bodies tailed behind the needs of the times and of life . . . The situation called for change, but a peculiar psychology--how to improve things without changing anything--took the upper hand." His final warning: "We have to part ways with those who hope that everything will settle down and return to the old lines. That will not happen, comrades." Even to the staunchest members of the Old Guard...
...sometimes the narcotics experimenting can result in some peculiar side effects for some participants. "The tests so far seem to be conducted in a mature, business-like fashion by responsible, competent people, not witch doctors," says another paid subject. "When I lost my memory and couldn't remember what I ate for dinner, they were more interested than anything else. But they had warned us before about possible side effects. Still, I was more out of control than I have ever been...
...understand very well the peculiar relationship the Review has had with the institute. During my tenure on both the SAC and the Review, I never heard anyone suggest that either the institute or the SAC had editorial control of the Review. The organizations were friendly neighbors, each with a keen sense of our respective boundaries. The president of the Review was a voting member of the SAC, and members of the SAC sat on the financial oversight committee of the Review to protect the institute's stake in our venture. We all understood that the SAC's financial advice...