Word: act
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Martin: "Old fashioned" runs through this book. Mirabelle sells gloves, which is out- of-it. She is slightly out of it, out of the center. And she?s not a dynamic heroine; a heroine has to act, and Mirabelle doesn?t?which made her infinitely more interesting to me than an exciting, vibrant girl...
...TIME: This is a novel of observation, how people act, what they feel. It?s realistic, not fanciful. How do you research such a story? Did you "interview" people in galleries and restaurants? Perhaps you delicately stalked someone at the Neiman?s glove counter...
...them. Then, in 1970, he unveiled a complete change. Inspired by the banal, ordinary objects in his apartment and studio, Guston began to paint shoes, books, easels, clocks and the like with a confident, almost crude, naivet, reveling in the physical nature of things, of paint and of the act of painting. The ensemble of 27 small paintings in A New Alphabet that together recreate a wall of Guston's Woodstock, N.Y. home circa 1970 neatly represents the range and form of Guston's new vocabulary. Indeed, each painting-of a blank canvas, a nail or coffee mug-constitutes...
...Moreover, by removing the immediate threat of a final ruling, the decision gives Microsoft a stronger bargaining position in any settlement negotiations with the government. The decision, however, does not offer similar benefits to the Justice Department or to the American people. An extended federal appeals process will act as an unnecessary drain on Justice Department resources and will allow Microsoft to continue to wield unchecked market power...
...Lieberman's got plenty of ammunition as well, though. Cheney's famously conservative record (including votes against a ban on "cop-killer" bullets, and opposition to funding for school lunches, veterans' benefits and the Older Americans Act) doesn't play well in this year's "I?m more moderate than you are" campaign...