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Word: sways (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Because Women's Studies has not yet dried up into a "field," the notion of "strengthening your knowledge" of the subject in a compartmentalized, abstract way holds no sway...

Author: By Daniel B. Baer, | Title: Scenes From the Class Struggle | 2/6/1990 | See Source »

Abstract expressionism, that image-destroying, paint-flinging whirlwind, held sway as America's -- and modernism's -- dominant style during the 1940s and '50s. Though its base was New York City, the abstract-expressionist ethos pervaded every artistic center in the U.S., including the San Francisco Bay area. There, during the late '40s, a flourishing local school had been influenced by the forceful presence of artist-teachers Clyfford Still and Mark Rothko...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The San Francisco Rebellion | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

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