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...case in point is Sculptor David Nash, whose work belongs in the general category of land art but is infused by a wit and sweetness usually absent from that genre. Nash lives in what must be the most sodden provincial seclusion the British Isles can offer-the Welsh village of Blaenau Ffestiniog, near which, 40 years ago, the National Gallery secreted its paintings to save them from the blitz. Nash assembles his sculptures from rough tree branches, trunks and slate. His projects include a sculpture of growing trees, topiarized into the form of a dome, a sylvan abstraction that will...
...qualms, Squaw Valley, the last Winter Olympics held in the U.S., proved a rousing success. Except for the cross-country races, all the events were within walking distance of each other, giving the place an intimacy absent in most Olympics. In retrospect, Squaw Valley seems less commercial, truer to Olympic ideals, almost quaint. "It was the last of the small Olympics," says Penny Pitou, a U.S. skier who won two silver medals...
...Absent-Minded Officials...
...reappearance of Harvard's shooting touch, absent during the squad's recent three game losing streak, made the victory even sweeter for Coach Frank MacLaughlin's troops...
...startling manifestation of global outrage was last week's (United Nations General Assembly vote on a resolution denouncing the Soviet invasion and calling for "the immediate, unconditional and total withdrawal of the foreign troops from Afghanistan." By the overwhelming ratio of 104 to 18 (with 30 either abstaining or absent), the resolution passed, handing Moscow its most serious U.N. setback since the 1956 condemnation of the Soviet invasion of Hungary. Dozens of Third World states that have long followed the Moscow line almost automatically on international affairs last week went on record against the U.S.S.R. Commented a senior West German...