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...Rousseau applied his unique vision to portraits, allegories and landscapes. War (1894) is a large work with a simple message: war is bad. A woman rides sidesaddle over the dead through devastated terrain, waving a sword and a blazing torch. It is unquestionably weird, but the artist has used shape and color, especially the dead black of ravens, horse and drooping leaves, in an abstract way that was admired by painter Paul Gauguin. Eventually, Rousseau was adopted by an avant-garde circle that also included the young painter Pablo Picasso and poet Guillaume Apollinaire. They nicknamed him Le Douanier...
We’re doing a lot of collaborative work to try and shape the play organically from the cast that we have. My cast is great. They really helped this experience to be a positive one, and also, working with the composer, who’s doing original music. In general, I think this is one of strongest artistic teams I’ve had building a show. It’s really electrifying. It’s just creative...
...Proxmire constantly tested himself, penning 500 words each day to keep his writing skills in shape and inviting each new intern to march into his office and begin debating him on the topic of the intern's choice, to keep him mentally fit for encounters with constituents back home. I remember walking into his office on a day when he wasn't there and seeing a legal pad on his desk listing more than 50 issues, with a grade beside each one indicating how well he believed he'd mastered it. Proxmire was, not surprisingly, a workaholic, and also...
...hopes of that winning streak.Stone, for her part, acknowledged the UNH’s strength and was not discouraged.“We lost to a better team,” Stone said. “If we go 5-1 we’re still in very good shape. We don’t worry too much about what just happened as much as what we’re looking at.”But what are they looking at? What will it take to reach 5-1? A win over none other than arch-nemesis Dartmouth. Only...
...We’re pretty much in top shape right now,” said Green. “I mean, we’ve cut cigarette breaks down to twice an hour, and we’re eating lots of high-quality, high-energy foods, like beef jerky and gummy bears,” she said. “Jannie’s having everyone lift a lot, which has been totally helpful. Evan is finally strong enough to carry Meghan’s books around for her, which has been huge for their relationship and for the rest...