Word: starks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...corridor with a gently undulating ceiling leads to a sitting room filled with abstract art, then a smoking room whose circular walls flow inward at one point to form a cluster of seats in the shape of half-moons. The stark white dining room, which seats 24, shines under a luminous ceiling studded with 7,000 glass stalactites. The lighting can be altered from very bright to intime. Out of view but also done over is the ancient kitchen; heretofore state banquets have been catered affairs. The French press unanimously applauded Pompidou's devastating coup de main. Someone recalled...
...sure that mountaineers sang and played music long before the word "hillbilly" was printed and before it was coupled with "music." And their music was always a direct reflection of a life-style. From the hill-country sections of North Carolina. Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia, out of the stark toughness and cultural isolation inherent in the mountain life, developed some of the most exciting and intense musical expression in the American Folk Tradition. The mountaineer's artistic expression had always been severely limited, in part due to the huge amount of energy required to simply survive in a more...
GEORGE CRUMB: ANCIENT VOICES OF CHILDREN (Nonsuch). Poet García Lorca's grim imagery set to stark, subtly shimmering music by an important new American composer...
...Europe's favorite American actor. Two more phenomenally successful Leone westerns followed, in which Eastwood's cut was sufficiently enlarged that he could return to the U.S. in 1967 not only a star but also a millionaire. His eight pictures released since then-many of them the stark, violent brand of adventure tale that has come to be known simply as an Eastwood movie-have made him the No. 1 box office attraction in the world, and No. 2 in the U.S. (behind Paul Newman...
...production begins with the nine actors arranged on the floor moaning in singsong. They slowly rise to form a ring, and suddenly they are touching their toes and doing jumping jacks. The lights are cut, and a dramatic transition is made from leaping confusion to Beckett's stark play. Come and Go is eventually repeated three times, giving each actor a chance to play one of the three characters, every repetition involving more members of the cast...