Word: compassionate
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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In an off-the-cuff address to a national conference on civil rights in Washington, the President said that to settle the civil rights problem, one must have "those feelings of compassion, consideration and justice that derive from our concepts of moral law. I say moral law rather than statutory...
When the cops moved in, Poet Morris exploded. "Until now, poetry hasn't been considered a crime. This is absolutely ridiculous," he announced, and made the front page of the New York Herald Tribune. His remarks also attracted the attention of Deputy Police Commissioner Walter Arm, who was moved...
A onetime winner of the Stalin Prize, Author Panova has been in and out of favor with the Soviet's politico-literary authorities. The chief charge against her: "Objectivity." Time Walked, too, is objective in that it is honestly observed, cleanly written, and as free of sentimentality as it...
After duly appreciating all this technical assurance, though, I remain unaffected by most of Beardsley's art. Almost all of his works suggest that he used his craft without conviction or spirit. In his very best work, the Salome set in particular, his skill is matched by a twisted demonic...
Without a consistently dazzling and imaginative technique, Beardsley's drawings take on an unpleasantly decadent tinge. The super-sophisticated subject matter is not elevated or illuminated by the artist's compassion. Beardsley, one feels, did not really care about most of his work, most notably his slick "fashion ad" drawings...