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...There is definitely a good chance that[Hagelin] could win," said Cynthia E. Johnson,chair of Massachusetts' Natural Law Party chapter."Anyone who is exposed to his message or hears himspeak says, 'Yes, this is the way to think...
Boorstin in many areas seems out of touch with the ever changing fever chart of critical reputations. A chapter on the 19th century English novel, for example, is devoted to Charles Dickens. There is scarcely a word about Anthony Trollope, a writer of smaller genius, perhaps, but whose insightful portrayals of women and politics nonetheless make him seem prophetically modern. Boorstin's account of Protestant sacred music understandably focuses on Johann Sebastian Bach. But why, some readers may wonder, are there only passing references to Handel...
...interpretative personal guide to cultural history rather than an encyclopedia. Yet many of his appraisals, as well as his choices, seem blandly conventional. Some, in fact, are so woefully inadequate as to suggest that the author relied entirely on secondary sources rather than on firsthand knowledge. In a muddled chapter on dance, George Balanchine, who revolutionized the vocabulary of classical ballet, gets scarcely more space than two more limited choreographers, Leonide Massine and Michel Fokine. The paragraph on Mr. B. mentions none of his landmark ballets but cites instead his glitzy dances for films like I Was an Adventuress. Ignored...
...idea of a homeland uplifts the Black community "Because they accomplished [the emigration effort] together." The jubilation felt at leaving the America portrayed by Bell is somewhat disturbing, especially when he suggests in another chapter that the (white) government would put the entire Black population into the hands of space aliens in exchange for a solution to America's greatest environmental and economic problems...
...interracial relationship between a Black activist and his white doctor also highlights the difficulties caused by intimacy between a Black and white. This chapter does not forget the Black woman's position either, and creates an interesting dialogue between a Black and white woman that hints at the concern in the Black community that white women are a status symbol for Black...