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...YORK--It may be impossible to finger the zeitgeist of contemporary art, but lucky for us the Whitney Museum would rather die than give up trying. Critics, however, would probably have killed the Whitney Biennial, the museum's signature showcase of contemporary art, years ago if it weren't for the fact that they would miss having a major exhibition to consistently complain about. The '93 Biennial, which featured the Rodney King video, was deemed too narrow and political, the '95 show too reactionary in its overemphasis on painting. Ironically, this year's exhibition has been labeled "tepid" and "boring...
Though usually mainstream Republican, Ashe has some unusual ideas on congressional reform. He believes bills should have only one subject; congressional sessions should last no longer than 100 days; congressional pay should be reduced; and the annual budget process should be biennial. Ashe knows he may not defeat the 32-year incumbent, but he is grateful to get his Republican message...
...long with these less than difficult challenges, Clinton has also benefited from practice. While he is wont to say that this is his last campaign, he does not mention that it is his tenth in 22 years. The only biennial years in which he did not have to seek reelection were 1988 and 1994. Only career legislators in the United States House even come close to this record. Couple this with the "permanent campaign" of crafting a legislative agenda through polling, focus groups and public relations blitzes that he and Dick Morris created in 1983 and 1984. Clinton has literally...
...American Jewish Congress (AJC) will honor MIT economics professor Franklin M. Fisher '56 at their biennial meeting on December...
...show's major innovation, however, isn't its format or guest list, but a moody visual style that gives a viewer the feeling of walking into a bewildering installation at the Whitney Museum's Biennial. Created and directed by the photographer Luca Babini (Hutton's boyfriend), the talk show looks like no other. It is filmed, not taped, and the camera sways back and forth, not only between Hutton and her guest, seated across from each other at a table dressed with a fruit bowl, but also to TV-screen images of them looking alternately fascinated and confused...