Word: esotericism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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For myself, I demand only that a picture or an object be interesting; it need not be beautiful or even have a meaning. Much so-called modern art, however, does not interest me; some of the things currently presented as art seem to me to be atrocities. I resent the...
Nathaniel A. Parker, Director of Physical Training, already allows PT credit for such "carry-over" sports as pistol and rifle, cricket and karate, and, upon application, for such other esoteric activities as Radcliffe volleyball and dancing classes, Loeb Theatre musical productions and donations to the PBH blood drive. Two freshmen...
They work around the globe, and of ten around the clock. Their raw materials are propaganda sheets and travelers' recollections, railroad timetables, the fragmentary increments of satellite-borne cameras. Their subject is infinitely elusive, yet hardly esoteric. It is Red China. Thanks to its China watchers, and the relatively...
Modest & Esoteric. Johnson also conceded that his "greatest disappointment" in the economy had been the year's "excessive rise" in interest rates and the subsequent tightening of credit. Admittedly, there had been bright spots; and he reeled off a Johnsonian catalogue of positive statistics to prove it: unemployment at...
Many of his proposals seemed surprisingly modest and oddly esoteric for the occasion. He recommended new help for American Indians and migrant workers, research aimed at preventing massive power failures, tougher safety precautions for natural-gas pipelines, development of educational television. He urged legislation to outlaw "all wiretapping, public and...