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Picasso was regarded as a boy genius, but if he had died before 1906, his 25th year, his mark on 20th century art would have been slight. The so-called Blue and Rose periods, with their wistful etiolated figures of beggars and circus folk, are not, despite their great popularity, much more than pendants to late 19th century Symbolism. It was the experience of modernity that created his modernism, and that happened in Paris. There, mass production and reproduction had come to the forefront of ordinary life: newspapers, printed labels, the overlay of posters on walls--the dizzily intense public...
...slight you. Wevegone mad againe...
...tenure rates for junior faculty are improving. According to Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles' annual letter to the Faculty the tenure rate for junior faculty last year was 15 to 20 percent. This represents a slight increased chance in promotion...
...been placed on the AP NationalPlayer of the Year ballot and had not earnedFirst, Second or Third-Team honors. HonorableMention was darn good for an Ivy Leaguer, but manyconsidered it a slight...
...reminding people that Vili was the "aggressor" in their relationship and that without violence there can be no rape. But David Allen, a Seattle criminal-defense attorney, says, "Molestation is a different crime, involving touching or fondling. Rape of a child in Washington is defined as any penetration, however slight. It's age-driven, and who the aggressor is or whether it's consensual doesn't matter...