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Like many American artists since, West came to believe in his own greatness too early. It gave him the self-confidence that turns to bombast. Much of his work is thin and overstretched. In the insecurities that underlay his rhetorical sweep, West remained somewhat provincial, but the big historical "machines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ART A Plain, Exalted Vision | 7/6/1987 | See Source »

But numerous onscreen changes have signaled a mid-life crisis. By the end of next month, all five of the channel's original veejays (MTV's equivalent of radio disk jockeys) will have left or been let go. Their replacements are a younger corps that includes Britisher Julie Brown, 27...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: MTV Faces a Mid-Life Crisis | 6/29/1987 | See Source »

Child care has always been an issue for the working poor. Traditionally, they have relied on neighbors or extended family and, in the worst of times, have left their children to wander in the streets or tied to the bedpost. In the mid-19th century the number of wastrels in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Child-Care Dilemma | 6/22/1987 | See Source »

But not for long. Most early studies were conducted with children in high- quality day-care centers, usually at universities. Psychologists next began to look at more typical settings. The analysis of the strange-situation test changed, placing less emphasis on the child's reaction to the stranger than on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Is Day Care Bad for Babies? | 6/22/1987 | See Source »

That was a splendid article on birding ((LIVING, May 25)), even though you placed too much emphasis on the need to travel. Birding is a sport for the poor as well as the rich, the healthy and the infirm and can be enjoyed in both city and country. There is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: For The Birds | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

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