Word: teared
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...process of demolishing 465 acres of downtown property for redevelopment, and the intrepid Gaslighters staged foraging raids behind wrecking crews, picking up church pews, chandeliers and marble bathtubs. With their truckloads of artifacts, they transformed the old buildings into a gingerbread plaisance calculated to bring a tear of delight to the eye of St. Louisans yearning for the good old days, a whoop of joy to younger citizens looking for a new way to have a good time...
Brancusi's whole world was his studio, and his "children" were the soaring birds, the metal eggs, the highly polished ' essences" that filled it. When the city threatened to tear down the studio t make room for a hospital, the old man m desperation promised to leave the National Museum of Modern Art his entire collection if only he could be left alone. Paris agreed-and left him alone more than ever. When the doctors finally told Brancusi that he would die unless he went to a hospital, he replied, "I shall wait for God here...
Furthermore, since an apartment is an adjustable part of a huge, self-supporting structure, the enterprising designer or owner can often tear out partitions and rearrange walls with a freedom that anywhere else would bring the house down on his head...
Wait & See. Across Argentina, only the most muted protest rose over this bald assumption of power by the generals. A few small crowds gathered to shout "Viva Frondizi"-and were quickly dispersed by military tear gas. Most of the provincial governors, Intransigent Radicals themselves, called for Frondizi's restoration. The Perónistas, whose fanatical partisans smeared Buenos Aires with painted slogans (but got no financial help from Perón, who kept his millions to himself) during the election campaign, stayed safely at home...
Sweet Clarity. Blizzards of shrapnel tear words out of sentences. A thought is splintered with the crack of a sniper's rifle...