Word: watching
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Protest Watch: When several Crimson editors went to Memorial Church yesterday morning to see what happened with a Divinity School protest there, the scene was filled with media representatives, almost to the exclusion of protesters. One reporter received the demonstrator's mimeographed "statement of purpose" from at least four different students before politely declining a fifth copy. Domenic Bozzotto, head of the dining hall workers' union, Local 26, was on hand to give counsel to the Divinity School students about handling the press--the protesters were seen listening intently to his advice...
Only on Opening Day are all of baseball's ace pitchers in action. Roger Clemens. Dwight Gooden. Danny Jackson. Dave Stewart. Only Opening Day draws the president of the United States to Baltimore to watch the hapless Orioles...
...when the '80s have receded, it will seem odd that the feeble draftsmanship in Clemente's washed-out frescoes should once have been applauded, or that the lurid bombast of even the better works of Cucchi, such as the droopy head that lies like a huge Dalinian watch along the cemetery roof in Stupid Picture, 1982, could have been thought heroic in scale. In fact, there is less scale in such work than brute size. To see what the scale of an image can mean in terms of real address to the eye, one must go a few rooms back...
Telescam groups in several states employ a "grand prize" hook to sell useless water purifiers. Supposed prizewinners, who are advised by mail to call an 800 number for information, are told they will collect such awards as a diamond watch, mink coat and luxury car if they buy a $398 system that removes pollutants from drinking water. Consumers who buy the product receive a worthless contraption containing two small charcoal tablets. Worse, the prize never shows...
...reduce the carnage, crews are trimming back shrubbery along the freeway, a sign has been installed alerting motorists to watch for pedestrians, and a $180,000 freeway lighting system will be installed later this year...