Word: 20th
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...rather than fondness. The usual evolution of major artists in old age, whereby they become cozily grand paternal figures, patting their juniors on the back and reminiscing in autumnal mellowness about their dead coevals, has not happened to Bacon, who is apt to dismiss nearly everything painted in the 20th century with bleak contempt. He has gone on record as admiring Giacometti and Picasso; for a few others, a few words of respect; beyond that, the sense of isolation is ferocious. The motto of an aristocratic French family declared: "Roi ne puis, prince ne daigne, Rohan je suis" (King...
...occur between two nations. But forgiveness is between individuals, or between an individual and God. Just as one rejects the notion of collective guilt, so one recoils at the idea of collective absolution. Deeds are done by individuals and must be judged individually. One of the evils of the 20th century has been the practice of totalitarians who create collective categories of people (the "bourgeoisie," for example, or "enemies of the people") in order to legitimize expropriation, imprisonment and mass slaughter...
Television and newspaper historians, take note: the date that Australian Press Baron Rupert Murdoch, whose holdings span three continents, set in motion the negotiations that would alter his empire (not to mention his passport) is March 28, 1985. Murdoch was paying his first visit to the Hollywood studios of 20th Century-Fox, half of which he had just bought from Denver Oil Tycoon Marvin Davis. As it happened, John Kluge, the billionaire chieftain of Metromedia Inc., was also on the lot that day to attend an investment conference...
...stake in the TV game, he may be more eager to help run the show. After all, Rupert Murdoch feels strongly enough about this latest venture to consider forsaking his Australian citizenship. Television and newspaper historians, take note: March 28, 1985, may, in retrospect, be the day that 20th Century-Murdoch was born...
...poll also ranked Bok, who often speaks on public issues, as the 20th most influential man outside Washington. That list is topped by CBS News anchorman Dan Rather...