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...effect, Lichtenstein's show invites us to have the cake and eat it too-to see his work as part of a "heroic" historical continuum while deriding the cliches to which that continuum has been worn down. But this cannot divert the suspicion that, for all his manifest abilities as wit and designer, his art has become repetitious. -By Robert Hughes
...pleas for aid, Poland has promised to slash its imports and divert products from domestic consumption to boost exports. Those pledges will be hard to fulfill in a country where sinking living standards have generated social upheaval. Shops already stock no rice, jam or fruit, except for apples. Meat is rationed at a little over a pound per person per week. The seemingly interminable lines outside the stores are a constant source of black humor. One joke now making the rounds...
...little resemblance to the chart-topping fodder of Kenny Rogers or the cuddlesome crooning of Eddie Rabbitt. Anyone who considers that those old boys sing country music is guaranteed to be mixed up and maybe a little unsettled by Joe Ely. Country slickers like Eddie and Kenny have helped divert the mainstream of Nashville about 1,600 miles west, right into the middle of Las Vegas, where a soft pedal steel guitar can set up a gentle rhythm for the slots...
...arms race pervades our lives--we pay for it in our taxes, we hear it behind the political rattling of sabers; the problems it presents us divert us from the task of feeding and educating our populations. We must no longer allow the arms race to determine our lives; our choices must determine...
...heart of downtown Oslo. The musicians start to work as soon as they shake off the jet lag. An album usually takes two days to record-a day for each side-with a third day reserved for mixing. Very businesslike, minimal distractions. Oslo is short on hotspots likely to divert attention from the matter at hand. For fun, the musicians trundle off to the Edvard Munch Museum...