Word: plateauing
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...that it approaches pastiche. It creaks with the ambition to be a masterpiece and is regularly taken for one, though its composition has the spottily grand look of an academic mistake. But the figure of Balthus's blond wife, hands stretched above her head, rising from the dark plateau into the zone of early-morning sun, is a prime lyric invention; and the color has a resonant, hallucinated distinctness that brings early Mird to mind. Balthus would eventually paint some of the best landscapes of his time. The pick of them, perhaps, is Larchant, 1939, with its luminous sheet...
...Sarajevo as a perennial winter playground, the expressed motive of the Olympic organizers. And as far as the mountains go, the picture is gleaming. But the city, usually deep in snow long before now, is mired in mud. Central Yugoslavia has melted practically into spring. On the Mount Igman plateau, where the cross-country skiers will stride and slide through the forest, their trail is streaked with patches of dire brown. A small battalion of soldiers is scattered in the woods prospecting for snow by the clump, hauling it out in what appear to be orange parachutes, dumping it down...
...position reflects the K. School's extreme growth in the past few years. David Irons, director of External Affairs, explained yesterday. "The School has reached a plateau of growth, and Black will's duties will help consolidate the expansion," he said...
...least 30 other B.C. greats are in the over-100 club, but the 22-year-old senior says that while he'd be happy to reach that plateau, he doesn't "think that's really a reflection on anything. If my scoring 100 points helps out the team, that's what I hope...
...modern literature course had previously been taught by a medieavalist and a poetry expert, and the introduction of Suleiman represents the last stage of the rebuilding of the department. Says Brody: "We have reached a plateau at which we are very comfortable, for a change...