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Word: aestheticism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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There is, of course, an aesthetic case to be made against the national anthem. As Bass-Baritone George London indicates, the song is "impossible to sing if you're sober...the words do not automatically communicate their message." Another opera star, Enrico Caruso, found so little to understand in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Oh, Say Can You Still See? | 1/29/1973 | See Source »

Finally, the question of authenticity often comes down to aesthetic sensibility. Take A City on a Rock, long assigned to Goya. Says Fahy:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Who Painted What? | 1/29/1973 | See Source »

When word of this drastic proposal leaked out, the Los Angeles Times editorialized: "That our cars have made a health-harming and aesthetic mess of things is undeniable. But calling a screaming halt to auto use would be more destructive still." Los Angeles' neighbors disagree. The cities of Riverside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: New Curbs on Cars | 1/22/1973 | See Source »

Rich's recent letter of clarification only intensifies the contradictions implicit in her protest: "I accepted the Signet's invitation well aware that it was 'male dominated'...I left the dinner because a crudely sexist toast was given..." (my emphasis). She explains her exit, but obscures her entrance. The question...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RICH FOR THE RICH' | 1/15/1973 | See Source »

When is a Christmas tree a pollution of the aesthetic atmosphere? When it is made out of light-studded metal "branches" arrayed on seven-story-high flagpoles and surmounted by the four-pointed star that represents the First National City Bank of New York. At least so says one of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: O Christmas Tree | 1/1/1973 | See Source »

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