Word: vividness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Haitians who endured the 28-year rule of the Duvalier dynasty, it was a vivid replay of an old nightmare. A sudden police fusillade two weeks ago outside Port-au-Prince's Fort Dimanche, once a prison and torture center of the feared Tonton Macoute, killed eight marchers protesting Duvalier-era atrocities and wounded 20. The violence sparked demands for the resignation of the National Council of Government that has ruled since President-for-Life Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier fled in February. Last week the military- backed junta, which has been criticized for its plodding efforts at reform, took...
...fullest intensity by Zurbaran and Sanchez Cotan in the early 17th century. Echoes of the bodegones continued in Spanish art for hundreds of years; they could still be seen in Picasso's cubist still lifes. But Lopez's skinned rabbit goes straight back to the source, taking in a vivid memory of Goya's still lifes along...
...accompanying photographs give the most vivid glimpse into the past Harvard community. They reveal a sense of humor which enlivens Harvard memories. The 1885 baseball team in their odd, unmatched uniforms, and the three football players bumbling a play, reach back to days when Ivy sports were less professional. An 1871 posed photograph of the Natural History Society in suits, bowties, and hats captures two mischievous members stuffing a small alligator into a jug. Only in these pictures might a nostalgic Harvard alum finally recover a piece...
...show, which runs through May 3, not only has been smartly curated and edited but also imparts a solid, vivid sense of the East Village scene. "It's about clubs, it's about theater, it's about music, it's about fashion," says Richard Martin of FIT, one of the show's organizers. "We wanted to convey the lively sense of the East Village as a place where all the arts interrelate." Citizens of the area see themselves as being a little like social pioneers and a lot like artistic avatars of previous generations. A gifted designer named Julia Morton...
...Malacanang Palace. A person's vision may cloud a little as he tries to peer into the shadows of Swiss bank vaults or into the double-bottomed luggage of the Marcos real estate deals. But the image of the 5,400 shoes of Imelda Marcos makes the metaphysics vivid...