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...Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie lacks the intense irony of The Exterminating Angel and Viridiana. The tone is farcical, the humor sharp but somehow never wounding. Bunuel could not ever be benign, but here he seems almost lighthearted. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie is his most blithe and accessible work. We enjoy it, but at the same time we miss Bunuel's bite...
...Lyndon Johnson "came down" as well. Thus far the powerful former president seems content to sit back on his ranch and let his white hair grow. Although he announced early in the campaign that he was supporting the entire Democratic slate, Johnson has adopted a Moynihanesque policy of "benign neglect" as far as the presidential race is concerned. Perhaps Johnson feels that actively supporting a man who so vociferously opposed his administration's policies would be going just a little too far. Johnson may sense quite rightly that his own influence in the state would suffer if he were...
...from reading the Department's report. The Department at Harvard represents the historical efforts of black men and women to gain recognition within the academic community. As such, it has brought additional recognition to Harvard and to the University's commitment to excellence. This commitment will be nothing but "benign neglect" unless the University starts a capital fund drive to honor its remaining commitments to the Department...
Died. Vera Micheles Dean, 69, international affairs scholar; in New York. After earning a doctorate at Yale, she started a 30-year career with the Foreign Policy Association, serving as its research director and editor. She was an early advocate of rapprochement with the Soviets, pleading for a benign internationalism that would stress economic rather than military aid to backward nations. Among her books: Foreign Policy Without Fear (1953), The United States and the New Nations (1964) and The U.N. Today...
Petain becomes a somewhat benign version of Hitler, showing up in newsreels, on innumerable posters, and in the rhetoric of nationalist speakers. In retrospect, Petain is recognized to have been a symbol of safety and accomodation. So many wanted a way out, and Petain was acceptable as an old man who couldn't harm anyone. The film's critique of him is personal--he was very much a defeatist--but it holds him as symbol, not scapegoat. The Sorrow's shame is collective...