Word: contentions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Certainly, Rauschenberg's combines have no political content worth looking for. Virtually no "major" American art of the '50s did?the mood was one of apolitical quietism, and it was assumed that art had no chance of reforming the world. Yet a number of the combines do seem, at this distance, to be "coded." The title of Odalisk, 1955-58, directs us to a favorite image of those two sultans of French art, Ingres and Matisse?the harem nude. Rauschenberg parodies that: the box on its post alludes to a human figure; a torso, teetering on its absurd harem cushion...
...like this; I know I don't." But at least he, like an increasing number of Harvard community members, was interested enough to take a first step toward modern music. And despite his words, the concert proved both commendable in the level of performance and thought-provoking in content...
Outraged by this episode, Barret quits her job as Sussman's assistant and asks Prince to join her in writing a pamphlet exposing the industry's blacklist. But Prince, content with the benefits he is reaping from the system, has no intention of ruining his secure position. That position, of course, is not as secure as Prince thinks, and he discovers the perilous consequences of the witch-hunt mentality when he, too is investigated by Hennesey and subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee. His appearance before that committee forces Prince to confront what he has tried to ignore...
...Grand Rapids. "It's awfully hard to go home again after living here," says Buchen. "This is a very supercharged atmosphere. When you go back after having a taste of this life and of the challenges-new and different ones every day-it's hard to be content. People who have left still long to come back." Buchen plans to open a law office and perhaps participate in a business venture with another former Grand Rapids citizen who has caught Potomac fever: Ford Adviser William Seidman...
Patriots fans will have to content themselves with watching their team on the tube. Unless, of course, they're willing to head down to New York and sit in Shea Stadium. The Pats will face the powerful Jets (who have surprisingly won three games this year.) In their last victory, engineered by Joe Namath, they slaughtered the ever-powerful Tampa Bay Bucaneers...