Word: critics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...LOSERS in the fiasco are the staffers of The Voice and New York. Although it may be more a reflection on the sorry state of American magazine writing than on the two magazines' brilliance, New York provided an outlet for talented writers like Richard Reeves. The Voice, besides press critic Cockburn, probably the best of his ilk since A. J. Liebling, printed Nat Hentoff, Ken Auletta, and Robert Christgau, probably the best pop music critic around. Andrew Sarris is arguably the best film critic in America. And "The Greasy Pole," a political column co-written by Cockburn and James Ridgeway...
According to Greek law, daughters can even sue fathers who ignore the dowry obligation. The woman retains ownership of her dowry-but the husband has all the rights to its use. In the words of one feminist critic, he "spends, invests, does with the interest as he pleases. The dowry puts the woman on the auction block." On the other hand, it can also provide a beleaguered wife with some measure of leverage in her marriage, since she gets back the original stake in the event of a divorce...
...remains nothing if not slick, though, and F for Fake still manages to stay one step ahead of the critic. Throughout the film Welles polemicizes against the expert. Who's to judge authenticity? Is there any such thing as true documentary? If not, who's to knock Welles for all this narrative cutsiness? What's the aim of art: to please the critics or the public? As long as deHory--and in this case, Welles--gets away with it, who's to condemn...
...restrictions on literacy, training, access to professional company and guilds, the peculiar moral shibboleths, the stereotype of the cultured woman as accomplished dabbler, engaged in what George Eliot called "small tinkling and smearing." "Let men busy themselves with all that has to do with great art," trumpeted one French critic in 1860. "Let women occupy themselves with those types of art that they have always preferred, such as pastels, portraits and the painting of flowers...
...harsh critic of what he calls "covert, manipulative and deceptive" diplomacy, Brzezinski is certain to advise Carter to bring not only the American public but also the allies into the early stages of policymaking. In a mock report card he drew up several years ago, he barely passed the Administration (marking it C) for its handling of relations with Europe, and gave it a D for its dealings with Japan. Brzezinski's most marked departure from Kissinger's approach may be in tone. While Kissinger with his cosmic sweep at times has seemed pessimistic about the U.S., Brzezinski...