Word: surround
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...show by a young New Yorker who takes his titles from James Joyce, puns with lines much as the Irish writer did with words. His major painting is the Temptation of St. Anthony; the poor saint looks absolutely abashed by the frantics of the lewd nudes who surround him in a sea of fleshy tones, raw red mouths and undulating shapes. Twenty-seven oils. Through April...
...small and spiffy, like the little man who was once the mascot of Esquire magazine. His spectaculars turn out to be most spectacular of all when, in one panoramic shot, the viewer can see not only 1,000 charging horses and riders but also the armies of technicians who surround them...
...mutiny began shortly after midnight on January 20 when the troops of the Tanganyika (formerly King's African) Rifles First Battalion seized the arms at Colito Barracks and arrested their European officers and NCOs. Soldiers then proceeded to surround the State House and to take over the radio station, airport, telegraph office, and other key points throughout the city. Several ministers were arrested before dawn, but President Nyerere and Vice President Rashidi Kawawa escaped...
...always that way. Before World War II, when Berlin was center of Germany's culture and commerce, Munich was something of a backwater looked on with disdain by German sophisticates. Then came the Communists to surround the old capital in what became occupied Germany's Soviet Zone...
...almost last in the magazine. On page 105, just short of the back cover, persevering readers found a stiff, postcard-size appendage, attached in the manner of a subscription renewal card. On the card was a black and white picture that showed a bust of Thomas Alva Edison surround ed by some half-dozen of his inventions. What made most readers stop and look twice was the picture's distinct illusion of depth...