Word: statically
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...little lost at first," says Wilkins. "I had never been to Europe and did not speak the language. It was difficult to get around." He is now comfortably settled in a Hagen apartment with a German girl friend. Unlike some other blacks in Germany, he has suffered little racial static. In fact, he is one of the best-known personalities in town...
...basic principle, I would agree that nothing should be static. The domestic role of the CIA is very limited, and if there are violations, we will find out what those violations were and the status of them and then make recommendations...
With minute accretions, Benny developed a persona that was never more than 39, intolerably stingy-he drove an old, wheezy Maxwell-and cranky beyond repair. When radio grew static he opened a 20-year feud with Fred Allen. Benny put a clothespin on his nose and mimicked Allen's nasal delivery. When Waukegan planted a tree in Benny's honor, Allen asked, "How do you expect it to live when the sap is in Hollywood?" Once when Benny was on the losing end of an exchange, he told Al len, "You wouldn't dare say that...
...projections, though, suggest that the Great Gold Rush of 1975 may turn out to be a walk at best, with total sales as low as $900 million, for several reasons. After coping with rising prices for necessities, Americans do not have much money left to commit to a purely static and defensive investment that pays no interest or dividends. Prospective buyers have also become increasingly aware in recent weeks of the risks and expenses in owning bullion. So, too, have some banks, where most of the gold is expected to be sold. The nation's two largest banks...
...Joel Janowitz, through December 28. Porter's work is very exciting, Janowitz's much less so, although I'd prefer his stuff to any of the current contemporary painting at the MFA. Entitled "Trends in Contemporary Realist Painting", the exhibit is a large room full of the most static, lifeless, trite paintings I have ever seen. Lots of exciting things are happening at the MFA these days, but the Contemporary Gallery doesn't house them. Through March...