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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this was symbolized by President Nixon's second press conference, in which-using neither lectern nor notes-he held forth with a confidence that left no room for even his initial display of nervousness. He spoke mainly of foreign affairs, and opened by announcing that he will spend a week on a working tour of the capitals of Western Europe at the end of this month. Secretary of State William Rogers and Presidential Assistant Henry Kissinger will go along, though Nixon aims to meet tête-aà-tête with the heads of government in Belgium...
...other faculty members, for a pragmatic (does that mean practical or officious) exercise in the use of logical fallacies at the Faculty Meeting of 4 February. How grand it was to witness a pedagogical display of the honorable non sequitur, the venerable syllogism (in the sense of "a subtle, specious, or crafty argument"), the abundance of ad hominems and post hoc, ergo propter hoc's. "Eloquent" was the evaluation made by one speaker for the pedants who preceded him. No wonder Professor Beer trembles twice for his colleagues. Many, many thanks for an enlightening exposure to "academic freedom...
...eleven men-eight Jews, two Moslems and a Christian-were secretly hanged in their prison in Baghdad. Then their bodies, clad in the red jail uniform of the doomed, were hauled by truck to downtown Liberation Square, where a set of wooden gallows had been hastily constructed to display them. Next morning Baghdadis awoke to martial music and the shrill cries of loudspeakers and radio, urging them to take the day off to view the executed "Israeli spies." For those who could not make the trip, the government ordered the medieval sight broadcast on television...
...half-a-dozen assistants, 10,000 sq. ft. of dark brown canvas and 4,000 ft. of manila rope, Christo has turned Chicago's chunky Museum of Contemporary Art into an imposing if somewhat minimal-looking bundle. It is part of a five-week-long display of his talents, with packaged furniture and pictures shown indoors...
...high sausage-shaped balloon enfolding plain air, for instance, was the dominant feature of the landscape at West Germany's Kassel Documenta last summer. He has constructed dozens of storefronts with empty display windows. They leave the viewer with his nose pressed against the glass-foolishly aware that he is observing the presence of pure nothingness...