Word: andersen
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
When Hans Christian Andersen died in 1875 at the age of 70, he was famous at home in Denmark. Some of the fairy tales on which his enduring name rests had already found their way into translation. But few people knew that the vain, morbid, brilliantly imaginative Dane was also a visual artist of real talent, or that his work, when viewed down the corridor of a century, would come to look quite "modern...
Like every educated traveler in those pre-Kodak years, Andersen drew assiduously while journeying through Portugal, Spain and Italy. But these diary drawings are trite; in their grasp of the conventions of realistic landscape, they are far below the sketched views and water-colors made by his nearest English equivalent, Edward Lear. But in his fantasy doodles, collages and paper cutouts, Andersen's vision flowered in a lyrical and fearsome way. In such work, he emerges as an accident of history-a previously unrecognized link between the 19th century Romantics and the 20th century Surrealists, sharing their common delight...
...changes in "generally accepted accounting principles" must explain their deviations to stock exchanges and government regulatory officials. Although the board's aim was to eliminate abuses that have been much criticized on Wall Street, some accountants are upset over the outcome. Last week Chairman Leonard Spacek of Arthur Andersen & Co. condemned the new pooling rule as "highly discriminatory and completely unacceptable." One effect of the furor is to raise questions about the whole practice of accounting. If accountants themselves disagree over proper ways to keep books, critics complain, how in the world can investors tell whether reported profits...
...company's auditors, Arthur Andersen & Co., hedged their approval of the 1969 report because I.O.S. did not give enough information on the borrowers and the amount of the loans. The report reveals, however, that at year's end the loans amounted to $30.8 million. A $4,700,000 loan was made to Denver Millionaire John King, who dropped his bid to take over the company last month. An unspecified company officer borrowed $2,800,000. A total of $8,300,000 was extended to company executives for oil and gas ventures. It has been reported that the loans...
...another controversial case was not the week's only irony. The grand jury that indicted the Chicago Seven also charged eight policemen with violating demonstrators' rights during the 1968 Democratic national convention. Federal juries have acquitted six, reached no verdict on the seventh, leaving only Patrolman Ramon Andersen, 35, charged with beating a reporter and a college instructor. Last week U.S. Attorney Thomas Foran, unable to find any witnesses to the clubbings but the victims themselves, sought -and received-Justice Department permission to drop the charges...