lame duck
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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lame duck
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n.
an official (esp. the president) in the final period of office, after the election of a successor:
as a lame duck, the president had nothing to lose by approving the deal [as adj.]
a lame-duck governor.
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an ineffectual or unsuccessful person or thing.
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Claes Oldenburg.(Swedish sculptor)
Magazine article from: School Arts; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...sweet and stupid as life itself." -- Claes Oldenburg, 1961 Claes Oldenburg takes everyday objects as the subject of his sculpture...vehicle for communicating feelings. Although Oldenburg did wish to infuse his sculpture with emotional...
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Claes Oldenburg: Making the Ordinary Extraordinary.(20th century sculptor)(includes teaching bibliography and teaching activities)
Magazine article from: School Arts; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; Throughout his career Claes Oldenburg has demonstrated the power of the...Artist Born in Sweden in 1929, Claes Oldenburg was brought to America as an infant...These performances anticipated Oldenburg's later sculpture in their references...
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Demon in the kitchen: Oldenburg's alterations. (Claes Oldenburg retrospective, Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York)
Magazine article from: Art in America; 10/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...a retrospective of the work of Claes Oldenburg highlights the artist's unpredictable...everyday objects and spaces. "Claes Oldenburg: An Anthology," an international traveling...sculptures of the 1960s. Since the '60s, Oldenburg's output has received only minimal...
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Oldenburg Group buys mining-equipment maker
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 9/28/2000; ; 594 words
; Oldenburg Group buys mining-equipment maker By...its concentration on mining equipment, Oldenburg Group Inc. said Wednesday that it had...move promises to boost employment at Oldenburg's factories in Rhinelander and Iron...
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Army awards Oldenburg $150 million contract
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 5/30/2001; ; 651 words
; Army awards Oldenburg $150 million contract By RICK ROMELL...Sentinel staff Wednesday, May 30, 2001 Oldenburg Group Inc. has won a $150 million...The four-year contract calls for Oldenburg to make modular causeways -- 20-foot...
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Big, Bold Oldenburg
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/17/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...aided by the artist himself, the Claes Oldenburg show at the National Gallery of Art is...over to a monstrous retrospective of Oldenburg's drawings, sculptures and constructions...ridiculous to just plain dumb. When Oldenburg is good, he's so good you're afraid...
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Pop Art Sculptor Claes Oldenburg is Still Going Strong
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 2/10/1995; 700+ words
; ...located here in Washington opens a large exhibition of the work of sculptor Claes Oldenburg. This is Oldenburg's first big show in more than a quarter century. Oldenburg was a leading creator of pop art in the 1960s; he was its foremost sculptor...
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Oldenburg wins pact to equip Navy ships
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 10/26/2001; ; 637 words
; Oldenburg wins pact to equip Navy ships By RICK...Sentinel staff Friday, October 26, 2001 Oldenburg Group Inc. has won what could be a...The contract will mean 40 new jobs at Oldenburg's Rhinelander factory, and comes as...
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Image above all Oldenburg plays with scale and conventions in his drawings
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 7/10/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...were much younger, I walked with Claes Oldenburg through a show of his work at Chicago...since. But then, so have many critics. Oldenburg, possessor of a first-class mind and...reporter. He has an eye for detail. Oldenburg told me many things about himself that...
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Joy Global stock soars after deal; Company to buy Oldenburg division
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 4/20/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...acquire a mining equipment division of Oldenburg Group for $140 million. With more than...largest manufacturers of mining equipment. Oldenburg, with about 1,000 employees, is a...regular Nasdaq Stock Market trading. Oldenburg has agreed to sell its Stamler division...
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Oldenburg, Henry
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
OLDENBURG, HENRY ( b . Bremen. Germany, ca...societies; Lorenzo Magalotti, Henry Oldenburg, and J. B. du Hamel. Although both...societies with which they were associated, Oldenburg alone made a profession of scientific...
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Oldenburg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Oldenburg , former state, NW Germany. It is now...the state of Lower Saxony . The city of Oldenburg was the capital. The former state consisted...separated divisions. The largest of these, Oldenburg proper, now forms the district of Oldenburg...
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Claes Oldenburg
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Claes Oldenburg American artist Claes Oldenburg (born 1929) created works of art which were a wonderful blend of reality and fantasy. Oldenburg's artistic success was due in part to his irreverent humor...
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Oldenburg, Henry (c. 1618–1677)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
OLDENBURG, HENRY (c. 1618 – 1677) OLDENBURG, HENRY (c. 1618 – 1677), secretary to the Royal Society of London. Henry Oldenburg was born in Bremen, Germany, around 1618. After graduating...
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Oldenburg, Claes
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Oldenburg, Claes (1929– ). Swedish...before they settled in Chicago in 1936. Oldenburg studied art and literature at Yale University...leaders of American Pop art. Subsequently Oldenburg has also become well known for projects...
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