Word: rebus
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...plan was no blueprint for union of the churches, no design for history-making doctrinal upheaval, but a puzzle contest. Its purpose: to raise $100,000 for the A.C.U. by offering $50,000 in prize money to contributors who solve a series of rebus puzzles with terse clues. (Example: "He was a Union general in the Civil War. He made a famous ride.") So far, despite the precautions of the A.C.U., the contest has raised more fuss than funds...
...Litnch, exhibited at the Salon des Refusés, made Manet notorious-as an eccentric. "A commonplace woman of the demimonde, as naked as can be, shamelessly lolls between two dandies dressed to the teeth," exclaimed one critic. "I search in vain for the meaning of this unbecoming rebus." "Is this drawing? Is this painting?" cried another. "Manet thinks himself resolute and powerful. He is only hard...