Word: precisionism
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In 1939 the Journal submitted to the Pulitzer Prize board a series attacking antiquated building codes. The material was returned, along with the comment that "trade papers are not eligible for consideration." The Journal has outgrown its "trade" classification (it finally won a Pulitzer in 1947), though it is obviously...
THE RIVER NIGER. The hymn-deep, groin-stabbing, laugh-lacerating life of the American black, rendered with love, anger and precision.
Each inflection, every pause and gesture, seems to have been measured by caliper, but this precision never be comes deadening. Instead it draws everything taut, gives an almost musical tension. The lighting, important to any movie, becomes crucial here, where the action is mostly confined to one room.
There's nothing difficult about these songs; they've got volume, crispness, precision, but no life. In fact, nothing really happens until midway through "My Wife," when Townshend finds a riff he can work on, Moon and Entwhistle lock into a solid rhythm and Daltry sees fit to chant "keep...
King-Size Heists. The group operated with almost military precision: garbed in black, wearing black ski masks, carrying elaborate tools and sometimes even walkie-talkies, the burglars were noted among police experts for their stealth, daring and king-size heists. Chicago detectives are certain of at least 30 jobs the...