Word: tete
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...Thomas is taking cues from Scalia, it is not during long tete-a-tetes; associates say the two rarely talk. But they clearly share a judicial philosophy. Both take a narrow view of the Constitution. Rights not spelled out explicitly in the text, such as the right to abortion, are not recognized, and both men want to cut back the role of the federal judiciary, leaving more authority to the President, Congress and the state legislatures. Perhaps most significant, they don't approach precedent on tiptoe. Thomas and Scalia are happy to challenge -- with dynamite -- the decisions of earlier, more...
Whether one peruses Matisse, the master reductionist, who uses plain black brush strokes to sketch a woman's face in "Tete,"--or Dufy, who uses a charcoal pencil to delineate contours without filling in the flesh of bourgeois French men in "Personnage"--the figures create a dynamism that only modern art evinces. This visual movement strongly contrasts the static and frigid characters of nineteenth century French artists like Ingres and David, whose canvases present both form and content, with the former prevailing...
...quantity were any substitute for quality, the gulf crisis might have already been resolved by diplomatic means. Last week brought a flurry of summits, tete-a-tetes, initiatives and trial balloons, all aimed at averting a war over Kuwait that otherwise looked imminent. The European Community met in Luxembourg. Jordan's King Hussein shuttled around Europe. A former aide to French President Francois Mitterrand tried his luck in Baghdad, and Libya's Muammar Gaddafi convened his own Arab confab. Most significant, after weeks of ; petty dickering over when to get together, the U.S. and Iraq finally agreed to a high...
Ever since the beginning of the crisis, Bush has enjoyed a relatively free hand in the gulf. Last week Congress finally resolved to take up the debate over the merits of war and the prospects for peace. The U.S. and Iraq agree on a high-level tete-a-tete in Geneva...