Word: potpourris
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...drinking when they do it because they view alcoholic beverages as aesthetic delights. It just ain't my bag, baby--one whiff of wine and I have flashbacks from childhood of having to swig Robutussin to cure a bad cough. But since I've sniffed some pretty strong potpourri in my time, I can appreciate the value of a good buzz...
...thing to take serious is the freedom theband attains. In a world of subtle electronicsound and jarringly sincere whining, a Black Grapeachieves escape velocity, fueling its rise withthe trends and taboos of musical ferment. Don'texpect a potpourri from "Stupid, Stupid, Stupid,"expect an intelligent, multi-planar bath inendearing irony
...Paul Newman'sEddie Felsin. At the middle table in the painting,three ruddy-faced Irish fellows contemplatesinking the eight-ball in the corner pocket. Themural distinguishes the setting as undeniablySully':, jammed with more spectators than players,in the background, about 30 onlookers take in theaction, a sort of potpourri of capablestick-handlers and nuclear families. On the rightside of the mural, at a lone table far away fromthe main event, two black men shoot a game. In themidst of jolly family fun and Hollywoodexcitement, one of the black players, dressed in ashiny leather suit with matching hat and danglinggold medallions...
...country house that Soros hatched his American program, following what is sometimes called around his office the philosophers' meeting. He gathered a group of intellectuals, a potpourri of philosophers, sociologists and political scientists, and asked them how he could use his fortune to improve the quality of life and institutions in America. Out of that meeting came a broad-brushed decision to devote attention and money to inner-city education, crime and incarceration, and professions such as law and medicine. Some funding is downright civic minded, including a high school-debate program and a $12 million commitment to the Algebra...
...Museum of Fine Arts. This year the esteemed institution ditched Winslow Homer and went pop. The season opened with the potpourri contemporary art show, "Face and Figure," a conglomeration of New England artists and world-renowned avant-garde figures. Souls were sold for a Herb Ritts exhibit and Roy Lichtenstein offered his take on Chinese landscape painting...