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Even these factors do not wholly explain the poverty of American public services. The most important cause is a set of national attitudes. From the earliest days of the republic, Americans have shown a pernicious bias in favor of private consumption and against public outlays. Business expenditures for new factories and machinery are looked upon as productive investments. Public spending for new schools, fire engines, libraries and playgrounds is regarded as an expense that may be unavoidable but should be held to a minimum...
...Picasso's clowns and cubes, though often playful, contain a seriousness of their own, they are participants in the tragedy of modern life. The pathos and existential incongruities of his earliest cicus figures, painted in the poignancy of his Blue Period, never made it to the happier atmosphere of the Left Bank. In their wanderings along the empty beaches of a pictorial and spiritual vacuum, their sad-eyed slouch re-appears on the roads of Fellini's La Strada, their shabby existence is spot-lighted in the arena of The Clowns. On the beach, they will later encounter Picasso...
When you are Judy's daughter, performing is almost the only mode of existence you know. From her earliest days, Liza took in her mother's performances and visited her father's sets. She was "on" all the time. Recalls Kay Thompson, Liza's godmother and the author of the Eloise books: "The language of the house was: 'What time is rehearsal? When is the next recording session? The script has to be ready by tomorrow.' And it was all mixed with a great rushing to get to the studio...
When the subject matter of the demands became clear, the meeting with President Bok was arranged for the earliest available time...
...almost complete archeological prospectus of the city to be advanced. The implications of this prodigious feat are numerous. On the basis of new dating, the time phases of occupation and their relation to one another can be more accurately projected. Significantly, it is now possible to reconstruct what earliest Winchester looked like and how it grew throughout its history. The goal of the excavations is the publication of a 13-volume history of Winchester by the Oxford Press, the first volume of which is forthcoming. Martin Biddle estimates the project will take his researchers and himself until 1976 to complete...