Word: toye
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...people from Indiana or the International Order of Odd Fellows or Leverett House. And if the Harvard Club were a granfalloon, would I be able to recognize it, let alone photograph it. "If you wish to study a granfalloon," continues Vonnegut, "just remove the skin of a toy balloon...
...home town of Pekin, Ill., Everett McKinley Dirksen once wrote and directed Chinese Love, a riceball melodrama about the unrequited passion of one Sing Loo for the beauteous Pan Toy. The Washington house of Hugh Doggett Scott Jr., who took over as leader of the Senate Republican minority after Dirksen's death, is chockablock with chinoiserle, mainly from the T'ang Dynasty (A.D. 618-906). That slight Oriental connection is one of the few similarities between the two men. Where Dirksen was a conciliator, expert in sub rosa dealings with Democrats, Scott is an acerbic infighter who means...
...arms around her child and its doll, locking her dirty fingers together. The open neck of her frayed dress uncovers the bones of her chest. She speaks with a half smile, while her child's porcelain cheeks and fixed, black eyes make him more doll-like than his toy...
...with the CRIMSON: whatever we read now, people will sigh and say, it's not so bad as that Hyland piece; and they will entertain suggestions and swallow lies and toy with fantasies that will soften them up for the next propagandistic outrage. (And no doubt the CRIMSON will tell its readers, as in the Editor's letter of October 7, that the Supplement does not present an "official" view; that there is no "censorship" and "barely any guidance" over the pieces that appear in these pages: and that writers can say what they want there, "free of the sometimes...
...admits that his choices for the Met show were personal: "If they weren't, an IBM machine could do it." He has been accused of being a toy dictator, and certainly his opinion swings mighty weight among collectors and dealers. Henry enjoys that kind of power. But in the end, he says, it is the show that counts. "For those people who are already familiar with the work," he muses, "I hope that seeing it all together will open scholarly dialogues about what the period will really stand for. For those who are unfamiliar with it, I hope...