Word: sharpness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their grievances--those of recent origin as well as the long-standing complaints--have not received nearly as much publicity as Afro has traditionally attracted throughout its eight-year history, the persistence of the charges hurled by many concentrators (and seconded by some junior Afro faculty members) furnishes a sharp contrast to the apparently untroubled facade of the Dunster St. building...
...textures of wood block into pen-and-ink. The result is powerful in its simplicity; Figure in the Street at Night (1913) is an outstanding example of the potential force of Meidner's technique. The buildings, suggested in heavy strokes, compress the central explosion of light, rendered in sharp radiating lines. The lone, fleeing stick-figure can find no escape...
...paying dumping duties. This is the probe that has turned up the kickback charges. The second investigation is by the U.S. International Trade Commission. Its lawyers are checking the possibility of unfair trade practices by the Japanese (a noncriminal charge), and they have talked to officials of Hitachi, Sanyo, Sharp, Toshiba and Mitsubishi...
...Solution (he also scripted the film) and The West End Horror, Meyer observes: "Everyone has this one fantasy about success and money, that it will solve all his problems. Money will do this in the short term: it will pay the bills. But it throws the real problems into sharp relief. Like, why can't one sustain a relationship...
...group or a congressional hearing. His steely anger, rarely displayed in public, strikes with the force of a sledgehammer, even though he hardly raises his voice. His grandfatherly appearance-wavy white hair parted down the middle, rimless glasses, that ever-present pipe-gives him an aura of wisdom. His sharp political instincts usually keep him several steps ahead of his adversaries. Says a Burns friend, John Whitehead, senior partner at the Goldman, Sachs investment banking house: "He lives in a political world. He realizes that as head of the Fed he cannot operate in a vacuum." Indeed, Burns has been...