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...Dart's paintings had a general kind of affinity with Mark Tobey's, in their formal means as well as in their spiritualist ambitions: an image emerging from subtle "white writing" spread across the surface, bathing the ideographic forms in a diffused glow. But Pousette-Dart really hit his stride in the '60s, through a kind of Impressionism without objects. In it, the Impressionist idea of fidelity to the passing nuances of light was subsumed in rendering a molecular space, dancing and palpitating with perfectly controlled motes of close-valued color and big, tranquil, centered images that resembled stars...
...then he struck. One lone frosh, standing up for tradition. Eight thousand fans watched him begin his journey from the near corner of the Harvard end zone. They watched him dash past a drummer into the middle of the Veritas logo. They watched him snatch the "VE" in stride and make a beeline for the far corner of the Dartmouth end zone. They watched him disappear from the stadium as the security officers stood transfixed, too bewildered to give chase...
Prominent business organizations represented in the group include Baybanks, the Bank of New England, New England Electric and Stride Rite, Shattuck said...
...Peter Viertel's roman a clef, published some four decades ago, about his experiences in Africa when he was engaged by Huston to polish James Agee's script for The African Queen. Eastwood has dared to attempt a faithful impression of the director, his growling drawl, his loose-limbed stride, the arrogant tilt of his head. The result is a stretch for him as an actor, and fun for the audience...
...best fundraisers the Association ever had, founded one of PBH's most solid programs (Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment), and did his best as president in the face of soul-less "pragmatists." It is almost a crime that one who devoted his life to PBH did not recieve a Stride-Rite Public Service Award...