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...Demoiselles d'A vignon. His eclecticism -another of the virtuoso's traits-produced incessant raids on other styles, from Pompeian murals, 17th century Dutch etchings and Ingres drawings to Dogon masks and Mogul miniatures. Few great artists since Rembrandt had amassed, and used, such a hybrid pile of objects from art or nature as Picasso; variety was his sauna. He had a mysterious capacity, now documented through an almost limitless range of motifs and graphic flourishes, to become whatever caught his attention...
...them jump on and off the tire trying to fit it to a rim that is too large. They don't understand that technology will not allow certain possibilities. Similarly, at the site of a derailed train Malle highlights another strange mixture of men and machines; dozens of workmen pile rocks under the wheels, forming a ramp for the train to move onto the track...
...boozing ... The Poopers were congenital shiners of moon, which is to say, hootch hustlers, which is to say, distillers of illegal whisky." When one of them, young Jake Kertuffel, was sent into town to trade in the family jalopy on a new car, he was swindled into accepting a pile of beans on the assurance that a money tree would grow from them. It did, of course, making Fairy Tale a sort of Jake and the moneystalk...
...hurt by two declines in the dollar's value. Many "speculators" are bankers and corporate treasurers who are anxious to keep their overseas holdings in safe currencies. There also is evidence that Middle East oil sheiks, who are paid in U.S. currency for their black gold and thus pile up enormous dollar reserves, have lately traded heavily to get into currencies they think safer. The Arabs are known to have been heavy buyers of gold, which has rocketed up against the dollar on the London market in the last two months (see chart...
...House of Commons to the Pankhursts's home: the actresses tentatively address the audience, the M.P.'s put on a song and dance, we're exposed to a bit of domestic dialogue, and then around this course we run again to add another block of history/personal development to the pile, waiting for the moment when Emmy realizes her strength and the women begin to take control...