Word: stiffs
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...Figures in a Landscape (1931-1932) by the Russian Kazimir Malevich. Malevich wrote on color theory in painting, stressing its link to the spiritual. He saw his paintings as icons, channels to another reality; their colors did not need to be realistic. Who are these masked women stiff against a striped landscape as flat as the backdrop in a photographer's studio? Perhaps they are people in the new earth Malevich has seen, one colored by mystery, self-possession and a bucolic beauty. What emotion does the work convey? The innocent shock of another world of color...
Typically, it is only the female member of an accused couple who is sentenced to stoning. Lawal's boyfriend was also arrested, but because shari'a requires stiff standards of proof for adultery--four reliable witnesses must testify to having seen the sexual act--the case against him was dropped. A hard-line Islamic judge ruled that baby Wasila was proof enough of Lawal's guilt. "We see this as selective application of shari'a against women," says Ugochukwu Okezie, campaign director for Nigeria's Civil Liberties Organization...
...rock-'n'-roll working stiff now in my 40s, I have for quite some time felt disillusioned with what my rock heroes have had to say. It seemed they had nothing of importance for me to hear, and I feared rock might be dead. Now, after reading your story on Springsteen, I have renewed resolve. Although my loss could never compare with that of the victims and survivors of Sept. 11, I am sure The Rising will be part of their healing as it will be of mine. God bless Springsteen--craftsman, Renaissance man, healer, saint. STEVE SPARROW Abbotsford...
...When Diana died in Paris on August 31, 1997, the royals' stiff-lipped response provoked outrage from the British people. Chastened, Queen Elizabeth spoke to her subjects one week later, extolling her former daughter-in-law's grace, her charity work and her gift for laughter...
...musicians but who don't actually want to listen to an album of old Southern songs. But the Blind Boys freshen up classics like the Impressions' People Get Ready, masterfully riffing off of familiar melodies. They don't nail every song--their take on Prince's The Cross is stiff--but their honey-and-gravel voices are never predictable. They're always hunting for--and finding--the perfect note or harmony that lifts an old tune into the sublime. --By Benjamin Nugent