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Miss draws indirectly from this array of sources, combining and juxtaposing motifs to achieve certain effects. She hopes to convey a sense of the "content" of the forms, to stir memories of past experiences. Thus she tries to reach out to the viewer both emotionally and psychologically...

Author: By Lois E. Nesbitt, | Title: Trompe L'Oeil | 9/23/1980 | See Source »

...must. As he admits, The Herald is inappropriate for its job as the country's watchdog because it reaches only English-speaking Argentines, but by that token, the paper does not present as much of a threat to the Argentinian government. While The Herald is unable to convey news of violence and chaos to its native population, it can record the anarchy of terror ripping the South American nation. He occupies a tenuous position of privilege, but has a foothold nevertheless, and Cox and his staff feel they must take advantage of this opportunity to report...

Author: By Suzanne R. Spring, | Title: Robert Cox: Keeping the Lights on In Argentina | 9/18/1980 | See Source »

...William Chappell, all the harder to understand. Baryshnikov has a golden garter and a necklace. The other men have little glitters sewn onto their tights. The women look less camped up, but they do wear quantities of rhinestones. The kindest conclusion is that it was all intended to convey some imaginary land where, as Yeats said, there are "silver apples of the moon and golden apples...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Golden Apples of the Sun | 8/18/1980 | See Source »

...weak adolescent for whom the world is little more than a plaything people by toy dolls. Indeed, in several of the scenes in which he does not figure, Moriarty remains quietly on stage left, observing the game as it is played out. But there are times when Richard should convey a demanic drive, should impress us with a larger-than-life size. Instead, we have a chap who becomes nauseated on seeing Hastings' severed head; who, on speaking the famous line, "Off with his head--so much for Buckingham" (written not by Shakespeare but harmlessly interpolated by Cibber...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: The Bard | 8/12/1980 | See Source »

...Moscow's Vnukovo II Airport, President Leonid Brezhnev, Premier Alexei Kosygin and Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko were on hand, along with a goose-stepping honor guard. Belying rumors about his ill health, Brezhnev strolled briskly across the Tarmac to greet Schmidt. The ceremony was clearly intended to convey the Kremlin's satisfaction that the Soviets were no longer considered in moral quarantine by the West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EAST-WEST: Promise off Progress on Arms | 7/14/1980 | See Source »

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