Word: reflective
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first glance, a painting like Cake Window (Seven Cakes), 1970-76, might seem to reflect the familiar Warholian message of pop: uniformity within glut. But no. Its target is specificity, the peculiar qualities of fluorescent light (no less difficult to convey than those of sunlight or moonlight), the lush mortuary blue of the shadows, the buzzing glitter of the whites. Light is trapped in the dense paint, and Thiebaud extracts a lavish, slightly mocking sensuality from the pun between the depicted work of the cake icer--smearing those layers of sweet goo, drawing arabesques with the forcing...
...Harvard Medical School professor's work is largely a survey course in, yes, sexually transmitted diseases. Zinner starts with the premise that the 60s were the years of sexual revolution and that the 80s "reflect postrevolutionary confusion, dismay, and uncertainty," a sort of sexual reconstruction...
...what the report does not say is what became of the two formal complaints that were field. And what the report does, not say is that the slight jump in reported cases of sexual harassment still does not reflect the large number of women who feel they are harassed or reflect the large number of men and women on campus who still think sexual harassment issues are not worthy of attention. What became of the University's goodwill and sensitivity, and why do so many questions remain unanswered...
...Dane Bernbach Group: "As a society, we're becoming more accepting of overt sexuality." In an era that has seen steamy prime-time soaps like Dallas and Dynasty become popular hits, and that nonchalantly accepts frank discussions of incest and bisexuality on Phil Donahue's show, erotic ads merely reflect the tone of the times. Says John Ferrell, creative director of the Young & Rubicam agency: "Advertising doesn't lead society, it follows...
Veteran doormen have seen thousands of real and fake IDs. The worst fakes, they say, reflect basic amateurism, mindless mistakes or simple stupidity...