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...objectivity"? There, in contrast to the French tradition of measure, delectation and ordered feeling, of art "above" politics, was a cold, laconic, even squalid-looking art that wanted to contribute its voice to the tormented political theater of the Weimar Republic. It was antiexpressionist too; painters like Otto Dix, George Grosz or Christian Schad, having survived the 1914 war, and being immersed in the suffering, inflation and political instability of their defeated country, had no time for the cloudy redemptive ecstasies of German expressionism: its inwardness was, so to speak, an insult to the collective...
...those with the time, skill and persistence, home labor can pay off. Victor Sanchez, a Teaneck, N.J., salesman, figured that with just three hours work he could install a new shower by himself-saving $150. Chicago Architect John Dix and his wife estimate that the painting bills alone for the condominium they are refurbishing themselves would...
Then came the all-volunteer army and Cerce gradually became demoralized. A drill sergeant at Fort Dix, N.J., he saw instruction worsen and discipline decline. "These days we're just fooling around," says Cerce bitterly. "Basic training is a joke. My twelve-year-old daughter could go through it and pass...
...Arkansas began accepting refugees at week's end. It was preparing for up to 20,000. The experience will not be new for the Army base; it handled some 50,000 Vietnamese refugees in 1975. In case Fort Chaffee also proves insufficient, New Jersey's Fort Dix is next on the list to handle the arrival of even more Cubans...
...period of public comment must elapse. During that time, congressmen will surely take the offensive against the Pentagon's economy drive. New Jersey's 17-member delegation will challenge the Pentagon's estimate of the $16 million in savings that could be made by shifting Dix's basic training function to Fort Jackson, S.C. "We've certainly not thrown in the towel," says Democratic Senator Harrison Williams. "In the past when attempts were made to transfer Dix's training function somewhere else, a united New Jersey delegation has worked wonders." Ironically, many...