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...that such subtle distinctions are not evident in his rhetorical flights, especially against the Third World. They claim that his tactics only force the more moderate Third World delegates into a face-saving solidarity with their more radical colleagues. In effect, they argue, Moynihan ignores the famous Kennedy dictum, "Don't get mad, get even"; instead of venting his anger, he should be pressing for practical results...
...Peabody's retrospect on 19th-century Boston museums is worth visiting, if only to see the "Feejee Mermaid" that made a fortune for Barnum & Bailey as a sideshow attraction. Carpenter Center's exhibition of hand weaving and basketwork exemplifies Horatio Greenough's dictum that "Beauty is the promise of action," better known as "Form follows function...
Secrecy is strictly adhered to. No minutes of Cabinet meetings were taken until 1916. Even today minutes aren't drawn up until after Cabinet meetings, so that only the Prime Minister's summation--and not the arguments that went before it--are recorded. Bagehot's dictum that "no minister who respected the fundamental usages of political practice" would make public the inner workings of Cabinet debate remains valid to this day. So far, Crossman is the only major figure who has challenged...
...firm but fair' dictum still holds," Powers says. Whether Harvard's labor unions will be able or willing to accept the University's definition of fairness is of course another question...
...role was as a teacher of bookbinding. Two Johannes Itten works exhibited also reveal Bauhaus idiosyncracies, Itten was later to stress a common vocabulary of form, turning composition into a science. As you'd expect, his "House of the White Man" looks like an architectural sketch. In contrast, his "Dictum" of the same year could have been done by a Dadaists. It consists of a word collage over a pink pastel valentine...