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...also been thinking long and hard about public art, which cubism never pretended to be. He was already a celebrity in Mexico. When Alvaro Obregon swept into office as President, Rivera found he had an enthusiast in the Minister of Education, Jose Vasconcelos, who invited him back to Mexico to take part in a huge program of public painting. In Mexico and Russia, unlike most of the early 20th century world, a fresco could still be counted on for political impact. Mexico had a huge illiterate population, used to learning doctrine by looking at images. Painting had little...
...adopted following a period set aside for public comment, the new rules would permit smoking only in designated parts of cafeterias and vending- machine areas, and in private offices. GSA Administrator Terence Golden, a running enthusiast and dedicated nonsmoker, called the proposed ban a step toward "the total wellness of federal employees." Its effects on the dispositions of puffers within the civil service may be less salubrious...
...magic--and financial potential--of the backwards maxim has not been lost on Joe Bertagna '73, one-time Harvard hockey goalie and Harvard sports enthusiast...
...Tuesday, Annis Kofman, a Dutch amateur radio enthusiast, reported picking up a broadcast in which a distraught ham operator near Chernobyl announced that two units were ablaze and spoke of "many hundreds dead and wounded." In Kofman's account, the man cried, "We heard heavy explosions! You can't imagine what's happening here with all the deaths and fire. I'm here 20 miles from it, and in fact I don't know what to do. I don't know if our leaders know what to do because this is a real disaster. Please tell the world to help...
...protest was not without its opponents. One baseball enthusiast dressed in Chicago Cubs garb, who caried a sign reading, "Derek Bok get out of Shea; Cubs number one," briefly clashed with the Mets supporters...