Word: urbanity
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...surprising to learn that Sickert was interested in the story of Jack the Ripper. But the truly bizarre twist was the rumor that sprang up 20 years after Sickert's death -- that he actually was the Ripper himself. Alas, there is no evidence for this bit of urban mythology...
...politics, so his long association with Degas steered him away from being a provincial Impressionist, grazing on first sensations. Construct in the studio, do studies, mistrust "the tyranny of nature." And if you want narrative, why not have it? The world, especially the city -- for Sickert was an intensely urban painter -- was crammed with narratives, and like Degas, Sickert found his in closed rooms and places of popular entertainment. For Degas's cafes concerts, Sickert substituted the British music hall, then at its apex of rowdy success...
...front-row seat, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp < nodded to Reagan's cadences, took notes as if he were preparing his 1996 plans to chase Clinton out of the Oval Office. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, another incipient contender, hovered on an end seat with a satchel of papers. (They were, it turned out, plans for the Iraq strike.) So even in this rite of passage was the hope of renewal...
According to James Simmons, 21, of the SouthEnd, Segal praised City Year and elaborated uponsuggestions that the urban service program beexpanded nationally...
Simmons said he agreed with Segal's belief thatan urban service program could be expanded, saying"I think City Year could work in everycity--there's a lot of youth out there...