Word: slates
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pieces in the exhibition are worth examining more closely. The sections entitled "Trompe I'Oeil" and "Twentieth Century Still Life" liven up an otherwise drab show. The former category merits a close look because of the amazing technical skill with which they were painted. Most notable is "The Slate" of 1890-94 by John Haberle, in which the entire canvas is painted to look like a chalky slate, complete with a wooden frame, and, as the label points out, uses scientific precision and detail to create a canvas that appears messy and smudged...
...decided not to recruit first-years because "they're coming in with a clean slate," Coffey said...
Keating, in his challenge to Bulger, has assembled a statewide slate of candidates who oppose Bulger's leadership...
...resigning Sept. 30, when his contract with the company expires. Chairman Michael Eisner, 52, had rebuffed his longtime protege's plea to succeed the late Frank Wells as second-in-command. And rather than stay as czar of all the % rushes -- supervising Disney's huge, 40-film-a-year slate, including the bijou animation unit -- Katzenberg walked. Joe Roth, the former movie boss of 20th Century Fox who was running the Caravan unit at Disney, assumes Katzenberg's responsibility for the live-action films. Roy Disney, Walt's nephew, and Peter Schneider will be in charge of animation...
There will be a new slate and membrane roof, new double-glazed windows, new sprinklers and new fire alarms. Masonry cleaning and repainting will also give the outside of the building a fresher look. The first floor is also being de-leaded, and broken parts of the slate in the halls are being replaced...