Word: stare
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Eyes stare out of the darkness, so green and narrow they could have been admired by a lecherous khan. They move closer. A young black cat, just full grown, steps out of a bit of sewer pipe and starts to move through the city. Its gait is all leg and female, stealthy, preying. It walks across curbs and over the cracks in sidewalks. It hunts and bristles and pads along, looking. The eyes again. Another cat. Snarl. Fangs. Battle. A fierce toss of bodies, fearsome screeches, victory. The black cat moves on. All the while, words are appearing above, below...
...paintings, even when there is a touch of grim humor, the mood of despair persists. The composition of his landscapes is brilliant; but the landscape is so clogged with color that it becomes airless, a kind of prison. In the figure paintings, his creatures are chalky, emaciated scarecrows that stare out from cruel masklike faces. They accuse, torture, mock; they crouch on each others shoulders, ride each other's naked backs. To a large extent, the theme of Jan Müller's work is humanity devouring itself...
...Stare compared the average 4100 calorie intake of the 1961 football team with a 5700-calorie average reported in a survey made in 1890 of players on a Connecticut football squad. Dr. State remarked that the 1890 diet probably contained more...
...Stare noted the considerable amount of time and planning involved in conducting dietry studies under the supervision of the Nutrition Committee. Food must be weighed as it is served, waste must be measured, and the nutrient content of each item must be computed...
Beyond its immediate study goals, Dr. Stare indicated the Nutrition Committee will also be concerned with periodically surveying food consumption practices among various groups of Harvard students and recommending changes that will result in the most recent advances in nutrition...