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This "winter design" gives the domestic furnishings of Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland a common quality. It is a painstaking, brooding, almost mystical devotion to perfection in craftsmanship and thoughtfulness in art. The effort is focused on the home because for many snowed-in months there is no other place to focus on. Says Cooper-Hewitt Curator of Decorative Arts David Revere McFadden, who organized the show: "Whether they are made by hand or machine, Scandinavia's virtuoso designs are both art and craft. Distinction between the two would merely spoil our joy of appreciating them...
Since then, Nordic designers have given every European style their distinct mark. Denmark's Georg Jensen's silver and opal Dragonfly brooch (1904) and fellow Dane Erik Magnussen's Grasshopper brooch (1907) of silver and coral are unmistakably art nouveau. They are also unmistakably Scandinavian. Like virtually all the objects in this exhibition, they show the patient toil brought to bear on stubborn, natural materials. This is what Frank Lloyd Wright called "organic" design...
...intransigence may be shortsighted, but it is understandable. To be sure, Scandinavian countries are making a go of punishments other than prison. But the U.S. has a murder rate five times that of Denmark, 19 times Norway's. In the U.S., an inmate stands a 1-in-3,300 chance of being killed during a year in prison, but the appalling fact is that the average black man outside prison faces about twice the risk (1 in 1,700). Those data do not argue against figuring out new kinds of punishments. They do explain why people in this country...
...ministers at a meeting in Luxembourg: "The allies will persevere in their efforts to establish a more constructive East-West relationship aiming at genuine détente . .. Arms control and disarmament, together with deterrence and defense, are integral parts of alliance security and policy." This compromise, first proposed by Denmark, was pleasing to Bonn because it explicitly mentioned détente, while Washington could argue that the stress was on "genuine...
...attendance will be government leaders from the U.S., Britain, Canada, West Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Iceland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and Spain. Since France's formal withdrawal from NATO'S military command in 1966, its President does not attend summit meetings. Mitterrand, however, will be at the opening dinner. Premier Pierre Mauroy will represent France at the summit...