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...TIME has not switched to Ms. because it believes that Miss and Mrs. convey valid information. But TIME recognizes some justice in the complaint that Mr. does not differentiate between single and married men, and is ready to consider the use of a more precise appellation, if one were devised...
Another problem with the album is the repertoire itself. John Denver writes pretty songs but they are not exceptional in any sense. Some lyrics and music on the album suggest other songs which convey identical sentiments more melodically or more eloquently. Paul Simon's "Song for the Asking" is done with appropriate warmth, but Paul Simon does it just as well. One song, McKuen's, relies entirely on Mary's voice, the album's one saving grace...
...television viewer, the President's trip was a remarkable demonstration both of TV's powers and limitations. No written account could convey, as did the live camera, the drama of Nixon and Chou touching glasses after a quarter-century of enmity. At the same time, no written account could be as tedious as a camera searching for something-almost anything-to record...
...both a Cartesian and a sensualist, Matisse wasted nothing. Feeling, for him, included a great deal that flat paint could not convey-notably the awareness of thick, monumental volume, of the thrust and jut of shapes by which human frames state their energy. The proper vehicle for this was sculpture, where volume is real and not-as in painting-illusion. The result, despite the small scale that Matisse preferred in works like Reclining Nude III, was the most Michelangelesque collection of sculpture that any 20th century artist has produced...
Another serious problem for the priesthood-far more so than priestly resignations-is the decline in vocations, Greeley emphasized. He suggested a separate church commission to explore the problem. In the past, many vocations were born of the personal enthusiasm that priests were able to convey to younger men. Now, though many priests still seem comparatively content, they are reluctant to recommend the priesthood so long as the vocation has such an "uncertain future...