Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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HALSMAN: When I came to this country, magazine covers were mostly of famous personalities. They were either snapshots or self-consciously posed photographs. I was told very often that one could immediately recognize my photographs because in contrast to others they were not superficial but showed a kind of inner depth. It seems to me that this was my major contribution because if I look at today's covers and portraits, I see more and more photographs which are attempts to capture the character of the subject...
...quality, nor technical proficiency an indicator of policy direction. Yet familiarity and technical skill appear to have satisfied too many observers. For instance, in their editorial on the Vance appointment, The New York Times praised the new secretary's negotiating experience, solemnly concluding that Carter had "chosen wisely." In contrast, The Times asserted in an accompanying editorial that Bert Lance, Carter's choice for director of the Office of Management and Budget, was "an unknown quantity," a man who did "not appear to be suited to play the larger role of helping to shape broad national economic policies" despite...
...Democratic caucus meets to choose by secret ballot a new Speaker and majority leader. The current majority leader, Thomas ("Tip") O'Neill, 63, a big, tough-minded Boston liberal who is committed to Carter, is unopposed in his bid to succeed retiring Speaker Carl Albert of Oklahoma. By contrast, four candidates are in the race for the majority leader's position that O'Neill will be vacating...
...folk tunes with singular enthusiasm and sensitivity, although the performance did not quite match that of the Persichetti symphony. The performers showed their versatility in the opening "Normandie," played with gusto, sprightly clashes of brass and a fine ensemble, and in "Bretagne," somber and haunting with a nice, accented contrast of low brass and shrill woodwinds...
Peking, as well as Washington, seems to be undergoing probes by the Soviets. Hua Kuo-feng, Chairman Mao Tse-tung's successor, is at least as unfamiliar a face to the Russians as is Jimmy Carter. In contrast to its get-tough attitude toward Washington, the Kremlin seems to be holding an olive branch out to the Chinese. Since Mao's death, Radio Moscow's Chinese-language broadcasts have been stressing that "the fundamental interests in the two countries are identical." Recent speeches by Soviet officials have been notable for the absence of any political references that...