Word: precisionism
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Over the years, Kitaj's way of painting has passed from extreme and at times mannered precision (though with "rough" bits of drawing and focus) to a much looser and Expressionist manner. His most recent work is sketchier yet, and some of its tropes seem merely silly-like Western Bathers...
Christina is a table/lap dancer with the looks of a beautiful ingenue (complete with wide-open eyes and school-girl uniform), and the cold precision of an experienced butcher. Impenetrable, enigmatic, she reveals nothing about herself, yet provides those around her with insights about themselves and others.
Junior setter Pete Buletza teamed with freshmen outside-hitter Ryan Oliver to form a potent combination. Buletza, reminiscent of a fiery King David with glaring red locks and scowl to match, combined timely spikes with precision setting.
Second-seeded freshman Daniel Ezra and fourth-seeded senior Mike Masland set the tone early. Ezra's powerful forehand and Masland's precision hitting led to easy 3-0 victories.
Well, not quite. The missile, also built by Northrop, was racked with skyrocketing costs. Last month the Pentagon killed the $13 billion program. ``Tee-Sam is a silver bullet,'' Deputy Defense Secretary John Deutch said. ``The problem is that it's become too expensive a silver bullet.'' Northrop has since...