Word: rossetti
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...John A. Rossetti, the manager of the Copley Square Pewter Pot, denied that non-union waiters or waitresses had been hired since the strike began. He said workers have already been granted all of their demands, except for overtime...
...Rossetti said the Pewter Pot employees' wages are "above the minimum wage for restaurant work...
...implacable goddess -the belle dame sans merci in her numerous fictive avatars-also figures in symbolist painting, especially in the world of Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921), another member of Péladan's circle. Art or The Caresses conjoins a mysteriously smiling sphinx (looking not unlike a satisfied Rossetti redhead in a leopard coat that has grown onto her skin) with a puzzled-looking boy who has presumably come to answer her riddle. It is painted with a high, pale elegance that altogether removes it from the common run of romantic-symbolist cliche...
...their time in a social club in the area and in local bars. They are quite friendly with local residents and with the political leadership. One of the organized crime leaders, a man known as "Buckelow," is a tenant in a building owned by Democratic county leader Frank Rossetti. The Italians involved in drug traffic operate far more surreptitiously in another part of East Harlem. They do not maintain contacts with local residents and stick mostly to themselves. Father Gigante has told me that he refuses to associate with anyone he knows is involved with narcotics trafficking...
Burne-Jones was also drawn into Rossetti's world of enchantment. When he painted women, he was preoccupied with the image of the femme fatale, the woman triumphing over men. In the "Depth of the Sea" a mermaid, smiling strangely, clasps the body of a dead mariner and pulls him down to the sea floor. However, Burne-Jones's subject matter expands beyond Rossetti's obsession with women. During a time of intense popular interest in the legend of King Arthur, Burne-Jones spent many hours drawing the head of Sir Galahad. And particularly knowledgeable in Greek mythology, he undertook...