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...demonstrators were calling attention to demands that Harvard promote workers now classified as "painters' helpers"-a majority of whom are black-and agree to employ a least 20 per cent "black and third world" workers on its construcion sites...

Author: By Mitchell S. Fishman, | Title: Disciplinary Group Emphasized Harrassment, Obstruction of May | 12/17/1969 | See Source »

...knew what we were painting, most of us would commit suicide." Though Greene's late oils are flamboyant with color, the dark side persists in black maws that gape open in his canvases. "There is always something terrible happening in a beautiful world. But everything is not all black-and if it's not all black, it's not a total tragedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Painter of Presences | 4/12/1963 | See Source »

From avuncular World Bank President Eugene Black of the U.S. came a final reminder to the have-nots of the world that they could expect little sympathy-or help-if they failed to perform the unpleasant and unpopular duty of putting their own financial houses in order, or if they tried an "appeal to sentiment or exploitation of a strategic position in the international political lineup." But Black urged action by the haves on the "imaginative and constructive" U.S. proposal for Ida. "There is a real need," said Black-and the delegates had to look no farther than the side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WORLD BANK: Cautious Welcome for Ida | 10/20/1958 | See Source »

...Krim and Robert Benjamin half the company's stock, valued at $5,400,000 and full control for ten years at the nominal cost of $8,000, if the group could show a profit in any of the next three years. Within months United Artists was in the black-and that year grossed $18 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Hollywood Revolution | 3/5/1956 | See Source »

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