Word: fond
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...universality pushes out most strongly in Cox's abstractions. He paints what he calls "basics," e.g., canvases combining such forms as rocks and eggs, which offer contrast in texture. ("Eggs," he says, "have a softness and smoothness and at the same time a nervous feeling.") He is also fond of beach still lifes, in which he tries for harmonies of color, e.g., the whites of clamshells, the browns of crabs. Each is an experiment in style and technique. In a painting called Dew, he set pastel droplets on a gauzelike spiderweb; in another, he suspended a flowering atomic symbol...
...hand at its helm. After the death of Grozier's son Richard in 1946, the paper was technically under the direction of two executors. Actually, City Editor Dunn, Managing Editor Charles R. Doyle and Sunday Editor John Griffin ran the editorial side pretty much as they liked. Sentimentally fond of the Post's slapdash makeup, they came to feel it was "just the way the readers like...
...military pentathlon, Captain Guy Troy is fond of saying, "is the true test of a man." Last week, during the tryouts for the U.S. Olympic pentathlon team, Troy found out that it is a pretty good test of a horse, as well...
...Patient." Gwen John was in her 30s when she met Rodin. But Rodin was in his 60s, and busy with a complex public life. "Be patient and less violent," he admonished her. Yet the illustrious sculptor was fond of Gwen, and wrote frequent letters scolding about her health. And even after she entered the Roman Catholic Church she clung to Rodin for love and comfort. "My heart is like a sea which has little sad waves," she wrote. "But every ninth wave is big and happy...
...killer (Stewart Granger) who, as it turns out, has done his shooting in self-defense. On the way back, a wolf pack takes a few bites out of Corey, and Granger ends up by bringing in the Mountie. Also present: a beautiful Indian girl (Cyd Charisse) who is fond of Granger. There are vivid color shots of the snowy north country and several lusty action scenes, but The Wild North is mostly woolly movie drama...