Word: solids
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...alcoholic, but that he or she is a decent person who has an insidious disease-a disease that is highly treatable but, like diabetes, requires a great deal of responsibility from the patient." To Vaillant, the fact that half of all alcoholics do manage to recover is a solid sign of hope. He feels that too much attention has been paid to those...
Carol D'Arcangelis puts in a solid performance as the fierce and sarcastic rich bitch, Joanne. Along with Amy and Robert, she is one of the most interesting characters in the show. Her drunken, jealous solo, "The Ladies Who Lunch," projects an exciting undercurrent of tragic intensity...
Harvard never trailed in the brief contest. The squad stormed to an early 8-4 edge thanks to solid defense by Twite, Nadkarni and Ross, who left Stillman Hospital where he had been bedridden with a throat infection an hour before game time. A slight Crimson lapse gave rise to the only comeback Princeton would muster the whole afternoon, and the Tigers battled to tie the game...
...offers a few surprises. At 5 ft. 8 in., Norman Mailer is a bit shorter than those who have never seen him in the flesh might expect; at 185 Ibs. he is carrying a bit more of that flesh than he would like. But his ample waist looks solid rather than soft; he is heavy in the manner of Hemingway, not Hitchcock. His bushy hair is white and cropped more conservatively than in the past, when he was the Medusa of late-night television talk shows. His eyes are clear and surprisingly blue. He moves with the grace...
...door is opened wide for this material to be-at last!- forged and hammered by the peaceful hands of artists." Prophetic words, and it was largely González's own work that made them true. The great shift in sculptural history during this century, away from "closed" (solid) to "open" (constructed) form, became possible through the use of iron. González's work, and in particular his collaboration with Pablo Picasso more than half a century ago, was the clue to this shift. Without González the story of modern sculpture would be wholly different...