Word: sweepingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deplore the injustice art fashion did to Avery without, however, going to the opposite extreme of making him into a Yankee Matisse, a painter (in the recent words of Critic Hilton Kramer) comparable to late Turner and late Cézanne, displaying "the kind of archetypal grandeur and sweep that is to be found only among the masterworks of modern art." Of Avery's power as a colorist, there is no reasonable doubt. The only way not to feel it in the Whitney is to wear sunglasses. But Avery as draftsman? The color weaves a seamless fabric of pleasure...
With nine victories in their last ten games, including a five-game sweep of the hapless Mets, the red-hot St. Louis Cardinals appear destined -- for the second consecutive year -- to compile the best mark in the National League East. Without last season's strike-induced machinations to deny them their deserved post-season invitation, the Cardinals are primed to battle in the National League Championship Playoffs for the first time ever...
...mushrooming firms offer a bewildering variety of services and devices (see box). Some merely sweep for electronic bugs and telephone taps several times a year. Others conduct prehiring investigations, give lie-detector tests, place undercover agents on assembly lines and even scrutinize potential customers...
...taking sides at some point. You can't help but sympathize with the science fiction fan. Harold who falls for Suzi Scarsdale and does all of her physics homework, only to be scorned as "too serious" and left alone with his calculator while Suzi lets some Chip of Chuck sweep her away to an evening of mystery and adventure...
...such problems are small considering the art form's exquisite grace, its awesome dramatic power and delicate beauty. In Kabuki, there is a world of meaning in the sweep of a fan, the cast of an eye or the crook of a finger. What is outlandish about a song-dance-skill like that? -By Michael Walsh