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Word: somethingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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And Eisenman has finally allowed himself to learn the most enduring lesson of his old postmodern nemeses: the necessity of fitting in with nearby buildings, even the motley, uninspiring ones. Wexner, tucked between off-white masonry buildings, is clad partly in white limestone, and for all its coming- apart-at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: A Crazy Building in Columbus: Peter Eisenman | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

New York Governor Mario Cuomo observes that what Dinkins does with his victory is "more relevant" than the number of votes that carried him into office. If the new mayor is to justify the hopes invested in him, he will have to display something more than the clubby conciliation that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Nice Guy Finishes First | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

Yesterday, with the Wall still locking people in, such talk might have been hard to believe. Today, with the barrier chipped, battered and permeable, it is a good deal easier to accept. In the end it does not matter whether Eastern Europe's Communists are reforming out of conviction or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archive: Freedom! The Berlin Wall | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

The play was a swell show; it had something for everyone. The main thing preventing it from being an equally swell movie is the fact that it is a movie. A film must offer us something a little more spectacular than half a dozen white chicks sitting around talking. Accordingly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Festive Film Fare for Thanksgiving: Steel Magnolias | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

California is looked at the way Italy used to be viewed in England. It's sexual and dangerous. Something could happen. A person could change. There is an element of hostility to Los Angeles that has a racist undertone. The fact that this is a Latin region, with its patios...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KATE BRAVERMAN: From The Tropic of L.A.: Novelist and poet | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

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