Word: westernness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Cohn's exhibit traces the use of black in Western prints over the past 500 years. She stresses, how ever, that this is not an historical evaluation; rather, the older works were selected to represent "cate gorles of meaning," like death on conflict. By contrast, Cohn does not ascribe such limited meaning to the contemporary works in the collection, (which are decidedly more numerous and varied), but believes that they should be oper to individual interpretation...
...connotes history rather than reality. Most have heard of the Black Death which afflicted Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries. Public health officials thought the final epidemic hit in the late '60s. In fact, a prominent biologist stated with pride in 1975, "During the last 150 years the Western world has virtually eliminated death due to infectious disease...
Alfredo Stroessner, the dean of western despots after 34 years of iron rule in Paraguay, was ousted in 1989 after a military coup. He fled to Brazil, where he lives in a well-guarded mansion in Brasilia. Stroessner is said to enjoy fishing and traveling around the country visiting his former military buddies. He is also known to be an ardent fan of Xuxa (pronounced Shoo-shah), Brazil's Barbie-esque kiddie-show hostess...
...deaf. She is a firm but good-humored mom. Her tolerance for the workaholic ways of her husband Tom (David Strathairn) is wearing thin, but she's laboring earnestly on the marriage. She is also an expert whitewater rafter, and has arranged a trip down a challenging, unnamed western river with Tom, their son Roarke (Joseph Mazzello) and the family dog (boy and dog are also estranged from Tom). The family that gets sprayed together stays together -- or so Gail hopes...
...Panic in Western India...