Word: cloud
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Rothko's "Untitled (Blue, Green)," Whistler's "Nocturne in Blue and Silver, No. 1," and Feininger's "Bird Cloud" are tucked in a pristine white oasis at the heart of the exhibition. They are presented like a stage set depicting display techniques in a modern museum. The paintings, all modern and somewhat abstract in tones of blue, crystallize the value of Cultures and Contexts. They are presented on white walls without the helpful explanations, without accompanying cultural artifacts, yet carry themselves with the solitary dignity of true masterpieces. There is a rising debate in American museums about the validity...
CONTRIBUTORS: Bonnie Angelo, Laurence I. Barrett, Jesse Birnbaum, Nina Burleigh, Stanley W. Cloud, Jay Cocks, Barbara Ehrenreich, John Elson, Pico Iyer, Edward L. Jamieson (Consulting Editor), Leon Jaroff, Gregory Jaynes, Michael Kinsley, Charles Krauthammer, John Rothchild, Richard Schickel, Walter Shapiro, R.Z. Sheppard, John Skow, Martha Smilgis, Mark Alan Stamaty, Richard Stengel, Andrew Tobias, Claudia Wallis, Michael Walsh, Robert Wright ASSISTANT EDITORS: Ursula Nadasdy de Gallo, Andrea Dorfman, Brigid O'Hara-Forster, William Tynan, Sidney Urquhart, Jane Van Tassel (Department Heads); Bernard Baumohl, David Bjerklie, Val Castronovo, Georgia Harbison, Ratu Kamlani, Sue Raffety, Susan M. Reed, Elizabeth Rudulph, Susanne Washburn, Linda...
...elections. "I believe it would be a mistake to ignore this political sea change by ramming the GATT through Congress next week without much debate and with no opportunity to amend," Byrd said today. "These are matters that concern every American and should not be decided hurriedly, under the cloud of a lame-duck session." Under the fast-track rules for trade agreements -- which apply until the end of the year -- Senate debate is limited to 20 hours and the pact must be accepted or rejected without amendment. But President Clinton himself reaffirmed his commitment to GATT and rejected incoming...
...Every cloud has a silver lining. Harvard's bright spot during an otherwise dismal edition of The Game was Eion...
CONTRIBUTORS: Bonnie Angelo, Laurence I. Barrett, Jesse Birnbaum, Nina Burleigh, Stanley W. Cloud, Jay Cocks, Barbara Ehrenreich, John Elson, Pico Iyer, Edward L. Jamieson (Consulting Editor), Leon Jaroff, Gregory Jaynes, Michael Kinsley, Charles Krauthammer, John Rothchild, Richard Schickel, Walter Shapiro, R.Z. Sheppard, John Skow, Martha Smilgis, Mark Alan Stamaty, Richard Stengel, Andrew Tobias, Claudia Wallis, Michael Walsh...