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Around 1920 the quest for an ultimate style that would correspond to social revolution and human self-improvement was one of the great issues of avant-garde art, the hope of the constructivist Internationale. And it became so for two main reasons: the growth of Utopian collectivist thought (mainly, but not only, Marxist) and the recoil from the horrors of World War I. "The period of destruction is totally finished," announced a De Stijl maniesto in 1923. "A new period begins: that of construction." It is a younger version of he sentiment hauntingly expressed in Dryden's Secular Masque...
...marching moves each Flight will perform during drill, they are responsible for its scheduling and for making sure attendance is consistent. The mock squadron is staffed and consistent. The mock squadron is staffed and led by a hierarchy of juniors and seniors who have been promoted to ranks that correspond to actual Air Force positions. "It's true that an active duty officer will rarely have to drill," says Bryon Fortson, a cadet corps commander and MIT senior. "But here it's an important part of developing leadership skills, and of nurturing a sense of self-discipline." A Harvard freshman...
...Mismeasure of Man successfully debunks many "scientifically" accurate studies. Yet the public may not become aware of Gould's analysis, because his criticisms do not correspond to what people want to believe--in their own superiority. Students read the Harvard Race Relations report and found nothing new: merely some of the same racist perceptions that have prevailed for centuries. This book, by "truthifying" history, could erode some of these prejudices...
Reagan's analysis "does not correspond to the facts," because he blames inflation overwhelmingly on the budget deficit, while the basic problems are rising oil prices, expanding consumer credit, and the continuing wage-price spiral, Richard A. Musgrave, Burbank Professor of Political Economy said...
Most often, they remember that several students would break the same rule, all would have their pictures taken, but only a few would get kicked out of school by the committee. That select few, they say, always seemed to correspond to the political leadership of Students for a Democratic Society...