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...past 13 years now, and whatever its actual effects on Realpolitik may be, the process is a harmless and edifying one. The latest manifestation of it is a huge compendium called "Soviet Union: Arts and Crafts in Ancient Times and Today," which opened last month at Washington's Corcoran Gallery. It is the largest collection of artifacts and craft objects ever sent abroad by Russia: some 2,000 pieces, dotted across a historical span of nearly 4,000 years...
...silver samovars; from a 5th century B.C. Scythian wood-and-gold finial of a stylized griffin's head, to new figurines that are apparently the Russian equivalent of those excruciating ashtrays one is offered in Texas airports. Mother Russia has dumped the contents of her apron into the Corcoran, and the result is a heterogeneous pile of modern kitsch, late czarist elegance and early barbaric splendor, mingled with the beautifully wrought and unpretentious products of pre-Revolutionary folk artists. The less said about official post-Revolutionary folk art the better: it is characterized (except for some fine Baltic textiles...
...club has 12 members, three of which comprise the varsity team. The varsity players are Jules Romfh. Howie Corcoran, and Joe O'Connor. Coach of the team is Mike Andrews, a professor at the University of New Hampshire, who commutes twice weekly for practices...
...letter mailed this month by Donald C. Moulton, assistant to the Vice-President for Community Affairs, to City Manager John Corcoran outlined some of the ways in which the Riverside money will be spent...
...prerequisite for any of these changes is the dismissal of the present City Manager, John Corcoran...