Word: wrenching
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Blue Wrench. Happenings are old stuff in the artiest alcoves of Manhattan, but of course that means nothing in Washington square. This one was prepared by Artist Claes Oldenburg, who makes those huge sailcloth hamburgers. Washington society prepared by getting itself puffed, powdered and sloshed. Little dinners were eaten intimately in Georgetown. The jolly crowd then collected at the gallery to see what was going to happen. Nearly everyone sat on campstools-White House Art Adviser Bill Walton, FAA Administrator Najeeb Halaby, Mrs. Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Those...
...take no pleasure in newsmen out of jobs, readers without primary sources of information that neither radio nor television nor news magazines can supply, and businesses suffering from being unable to reach their customers in their normal way. The dismaying effect of the strike is symbolized by the monkey wrench on the cover...
True enough. But as the New York newspaper battle demonstrates, the strike weapon should not be used as a monkey wrench. With public toleration at the breaking point, trade unionism is going to have to find and employ more intelligent weapons if it hopes to regain its own health and the favor of the people...
...years of suffering implied by every wrinkle in the flesh and every blemish on the wall. In The Mill, Wyeth tried to capture "the damp feeling, the strength of the land," yet, in this silent scene, a feeling of conflict is still there as the earth struggles to wrench itself from the cold clutch of winter...
...previously envisioned Senator Byrd as a pompous know-it-all seeking to throw a monkey wrench into this Administration's or any administration's legislative hopes...