Word: criticals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...find this attitude rather remarkable. An American scholar is lauded if he studies the works of Euro-American authors: an Irish critic is honored if he knows the intricacies of Mr. Joyce. One is called perceptive if he can fathom why Beckett is waiting for Godot, of if indeed Pirandello's characters are really in search of an author or vice-versa. Indeed, one admires Pirandello's technical brilliance and his choice of metaphysical subject matter. Yet if and when one decides that the socio-psychological realism of Toni Morrison is indeed of tremendous literary significance or that Margaret Walker...
Overseas, the President's diplomacy was widely applauded. Exclaimed West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, a frequent critic of Carter: "Very good news. Well done. It's a great relief." A top British official said, "Carter deserves praise. The risks were great, but in the post-Iran situation, the risks of doing nothing were greater." Editorialized London's Daily Telegraph: "A peace treaty between [Egypt and Israel] will have a tremendous potential." The only completely sour notes were heard from some of Sadat's fellow Arab leaders and the Kremlin. Protested the Soviet Communist Party daily Pravda: "This is an abandonment...
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DIED. John H. Knowles, 52, president of the Rockefeller Foundation and outspoken critic of the American medical profession and U.S. health care policies; of cancer of the pancreas; in Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital, where he once served as general director for ten years. Knowles interned and later specialized in respiratory diseases at Mass. General, and in 1962, at age 35, he was named head of the 1,084-bed teaching hospital, the youngest in its 158-year history. An innovative administrator, he earned admirers and enemies throughout his tenure by decrying high doctors' fees and advocating preventive...
...behooves the young critic to find fault with Birdy. How can a book about birds be "electrifying?" Yet Wharton has crafted an astonishing novel. Birdy's few faults are light as air. The critic can sing only praise...