Word: subjectively
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...they meant so much to the artist, they lured him into abandoning his cardinal principles of art. Munch developed his spare "symbolistic" style about 1892. It was based on the elimination of modeling and minor details, on emphasizing rhythmic contours and outlines. Above all, it meant subjugating technique to subject, then crystalizing subject itself into a single unforgettable image...
...Each move gave me a completely new perspective," says Singer. "If I had sat still, I'd probably still be measuring cosmic rays, the subject of my thesis at Princeton. That's what happens to most scientists...
...nation's biggest city, the only thing higher than the buildings is the cost of renting a few square feet of space in them. When leases expire these days on apartments not subject to rent controls, landlords throughout New York City are demanding rent increases averaging 26.5%. In Manhattan, rents have been rising an average of 31%, and "horror case" increases of 60% are not unheard of. On top of the boosts, many leases now provide for "automatic" raises of 5% or more a year and further hikes whenever real estate taxes rise. Some landlords offer only two-year...
...Down Comic. Although sex, psychoanalysis and Jewishness form the content of the novel, they are not its subject. The book is about absurdity-the absurdity of a man who knows all about the ethnic, sociological and Freudian hang-ups, yet is still racked by guilt because his ethical impulses conflict with the surge of his animal desires. In Alexander Portnoy's own words, he is "torn by desires that are repugnant to my conscience, and a conscience repugnant to my desires...
...most explicit detail ever bound between the covers of a bestseller, Portnoy relives his adolescent masturbations. Boy Scouts, for example, will find the novel considerably more informative on the subject than their official handbook. He describes how he used his sister's unlaundered brassiere, his windbreaker on a bus, and even his baseball glove while sitting in the balcony of a burlesque house. But the more he discharged, the greater became his guilt. It was a vicious cycle that led him into his psychological ghetto of lust and shame...