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...pieties lay behind the softening. The first was a pseudotherapeutic regard for the "individuality" of tyros; the second, a distrust of "academic" practices, since these were what modernism had "overthrown." High on playpen radicalism, the '60s brought a massacre of plaster casts and a general winding down of life drawing in most, though not all, American schools. Yet it is obvious by now that all the great draftsmen of the modernist era, from Seurat to Picasso, from Beckmann to De Kooning, were grounded in academic processes and could no more have done without them than a plane can do without...
Some professors deny the Guide permission because they distrust it: others simply are unwilling to sacrifice 20 minutes of class time so their students can complete the Guide's written questionnaires, Okun adds...
...elegant man and a lenient boss whose consuming interest in foreign affairs lay in China. He was a true expert, a member of the Academy of Sciences. As time went on, he delegated more and more responsibility to others and retreated into scholarly pursuits. This earned him Gromyko's distrust...
Some moderates worry about the impact of the conservative lobbying. Says one Italian theologian: "Even if the Pope does not intend it, certain actions encourage conservatives who have been waiting 20 years to roll back the effects of the council. This creates a climate of anxiety and distrust." Vatican observers say that in his own mind, John Paul is totally a man of Vatican II. Yet he does insist upon holding to the letter of what the council said, despite liberals who contend that the "spirit" of the council inspires openness to further changes not specifically endorsed by it. Confusion...
...programs, some in the 24member Politburo are believed to have strong reservations about the policies. Chen Yun, chairman of the party's disciplinary commission, for example, is thought to favor Soviet- style economic planning and to oppose Deng's open-door policy to the West. Other party officials also distrust Deng's reforms because of their capitalistic flavor, but much of their opposition is rooted in self-interest. For Deng's programs to work, people with managerial and intellectual skills will be needed to run them. Yet a large percentage of China's 40 million party members have never even...