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pol·lack

(pŏl′ək)

Variant of pollock.

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pollack

(ˈpɒlək) or

pollock

n, pl -lacks, -lack, -locks or -lock

(Animals) a gadoid food fish, Pollachius pollachius, that has a dark green back and a projecting lower jaw and occurs in northern seas, esp the North Atlantic Ocean

[C17: from earlier Scottish podlok, of obscure origin]

Pollack

(ˈpɒlək)

(Biography) Sydney. 1934–2008, US film director. His films include Tootsie (1982), Out of Africa (1986), and The Firm (1993)

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pol•lock

(ˈpɒl ək)

n., pl. -locks, (esp. collectively) -lock.

1. a greenish North Atlantic food fish, Pollachius virens, of the cod family, with a white lateral stripe and a jutting lower jaw.

2. Also, pollack. a related, brownish food fish, P. pollachius.

[1495–1505; assimilated variant of podlok (Scots); akin to Scots paddle lumpfish; see -ock]

Pol•lock

(ˈpɒl ək)

n.

1. Sir Frederick, 1845–1937, English legal scholar and author.

2. Jackson, 1912–56, U.S. painter.

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Noun	1.	Pollack - United States filmmaker (born in 1934) Sydney Pollack
	2.	pollack - lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish pollock Pollachius pollachius, pollack, pollock - important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
	3.	pollack - important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod Pollachius pollachius, pollock gadoid, gadoid fish - a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae genus Pollachius, Pollachius - pollack pollack, pollock - lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish

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lieu jaune

pollack

[ˈpɒlək] N (pollacks or pollack (pl)) → abadejo m

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As yet, they have not insisted on our estimating Lamar" tine by the cubic foot, or Pollock by the pound -- but what else are we to infer from their continual plating about "sustained effort"?

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The primary text includes the following essays: Jerry Wasserman, " Walsh and the (De-)Construction of Canadian Myth" (13-28); Shelley Scott, "Sharon Pollock and the Scene of the Crime" (29-46); Jason Wiens, "Ownership and Stewardship in Sharon Pollocks Generations" (47-64); Cynthia Zimmerman, "Different Directions: Sharon Pollock's Doc" (65-82); Wes D.

Donna Coates, ed. Sharon Pollock: First Woman of Canadian Theatre

Later, she worked with her husband in the former Pollocks Market of Fitchburg, until her retirement.

Muriel (Settle) Pollock

(12) See Randy Kennedy, 'Computer Analysis Suggests Paintings Are Not Pollocks', New York Times, Arts, February 9, 2006.

'I am nature': science and Jackson Pollock: an attempt has been made to determine the authenticity of some newly discovered paintings that may be by Jackson Pollock on the basis of a belief that his art incorporates fractal patterns seen in the natural world. This is only the latest in a long line of interpretations of his works in terms of references to nature

Two experts hired by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation say they aren't Pollocks; another who used to work for the foundation says they are.

UO physics professor adds to artistic debate

The Pollocks are also angry at seeing grants and other aid going to ex- paramilitary prisoners, while people like themselves are short-changed.

Fear and anger over RUC plans

They actually gain something from being viewed in the company of abstract paintings unlike themselves in method and imagery --which is generally how we do see these Pollocks in museum collections--for the contrasts to be observed in such contexts have the effect of underscoring the element of furious, headlong energy in Pollock.

Jackson Pollock & the New York School, II

In 1990, an anonymous source sent the Pollocks' lawyer a "Dear Doctor" letter from Fisons conveying a stark warning about the drug's key ingredient, theophylline: A study had confirmed report that children with asthma were vulnerable to "life-threatening theophylline toxicity" -- the very same toxicity suffered by Jennifer.

No Contest: Corporate Lawyers and the Perversion of Justice in America

The Pollocks quickly realized that nearby Lake McConaughy, called "Nebraska's western oasis," would require constant coverage.

Jack Pollock: Keith County News, Ogallala, Neb

If Kaprow justified his environmental aesthetic by means of a privileged experience of Pollock's work--"A medium-sized exhibition space with the walls totally covered by Pollocks," he wrote, "offers the most complete and meaningful sense of his art possible"--Oldenburg's "fragmental" understanding pointed toward a facet of the Abstract Expressionist's production he likely never directly encountered: Pollock's fleeting engagements with the sculptura1.

Negative capabilities: Branden W. Joseph on Claes Oldenburg and Jackson Pollock

Helen Harrison, director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center in New York, said there are some blanks in the catalog and that some "new" Pollocks might yet be discovered.

POLLOCK'S DRIP-SPLASH ART IN A FRACTAL CLASS BY ITSELF

I also tracked down as many actual Pollocks as I could find so that I could closely examine how they were made.