Word: sheerly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Metropolitan Museum's present exhibition, "Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei." Normally when those spavined cliches "treasure," "splendor" or "masterpiece" occur in the name of an exhibition, doubt rises: Methinks the museum doth protest too much. Not this time. In terms of sheer quality, this show can claim to be the greatest conspectus of Chinese art ever held in America...
...that's not so easy in a world of 500 channels and ever more "new media" outlets. "There's more competition in the marketplace," says Cheryl Kroyer, director of media services at Polaroid's ad agency, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. So advertisers who can afford it are going back to sheer, unavoidable visibility--and there are few things more visible than the Church Lady dancing with a life-size taco. Kroyer notes that the networks have powerful economic reasons for getting ever cozier with advertisers. "With more networks and TV channels chasing the same dollars, [TV executives] are willing to give...
...that the Crimson, a team without water access during the fall season, manages to defeat the west coast water babies? Sheer guts on a one-track ergometer and a "master motivator" for a coach, observers said...
...while there are several famous black scholars at Harvard, is it still true that, unless you are an Afro-American studies concentrator, you have a good chance of graduating from the University without ever having been taught by an instructor of your race. Also, recall that in terms of sheer numbers, Black students are under-represented at Harvard. While we are approximately 12 percent of the U.S. population, we are only eight percent of the students at Harvard. Is it any wonder then, that at the end of the day, many black students want to be in an environment where...
...music, what Allen lacks in in clarinet technique he makes up in sheer energy and passion. He goes for what he calls a "crude" sound, based on the styles of New Orleans legends like George Lewis, Albert Burbank and Sidney Bechet. Give him an A for authenticity. Few players today can boast such a powerful tone. That's due partly to his use of an extremely hard reed (Rico No. 5, about one step down from a roof shingle) and partly to his penchant for the now obsolete Albert system of keys and fingerings, favored by all the old-timers...