Word: shapes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...turn "Boomer" to "Boomer," it is a sad sight to behold, and an uglier one to hear. But it is better for George Scott and better for the Red Sox, who no longer have to rehabilitate old muscles, but must take care that their new ones stay in shape...
West Germany. The Germans' economy is, as usual, in better shape than any of their European neighbors'. The big worry, also as usual, is rising inflation: though prices increased a mere 2.6% in 1978, inflation so far this year has been running at an annual rate of 7.4%, a figure that might be cheered elsewhere but is regarded with concern in this inflation-phobic nation. German exports are surging and now account for fully 12% of total world trade-the same...
...then invested in the West or parked for short periods in the major institutions of industrialized nations. Much of this money was loaned to the hard-pressed developing countries to help them pay their ever heavier oil bills. The international banking system came through that operation in much better shape than many of the pessimists believed possible, though the amounts involved were huge...
...comparatively rare in Chardin's output. Generally his still lifes declare themselves more slowly. One needs to savor the Jar of Apricots, for instance, before discovering its resonances, which are not only visual but tactile: how the tambour lid of the round box accords with the oval shape of the canvas itself and is echoed by the drumlike tightness of the paper tied over the apricot jar; how the horizontal axis of the table is played upon by the stuttering line of red-wineglass, fruit, and painted fruit on the coffee cups; how the slab of bread repeats...
Tenants are not being replaced as they leave the 122 Mt. Auburn St. building, which the University has owned for several years. "The apartments are in bad shape, and besides, whatever we decide to do, it will be more cost-effective if we do it all at once." Sally Zeckhauser, president of Harvard Real Estate, said last week...