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...Forster had predicted, Orientalist painting in its academic manifestations fell into disrepute in this century, though a few of its pictorial motifs continued to exert a lively influence on some modern painters. That the movement's appeal can be readily reactivated, however, is attested by "The Orientalists," an opulent exhibition of 102 paintings currently on view at Washington's National Gallery. The phenomenal attendance at the show-124,000 people since July 1-indicates that the paintings are still as much fun to look at as they are instructive to contemplate. And in the case of the great...
...enforce a wait, of course, is to exert power. To wait is to be powerless. Consider one minor, almost subliminal form. The telephone rings. One picks up the receiver and hears a secretary say, "Please hold for Mr. Godot." One sits for perhaps five seconds, the blood pressure just beginning to cook up toward the red line, when Godot comes on the line with a hearty "How are ya?" and business proceeds and the moment passes, Mr. Godot having established that he is (subtly) in control, that his time is more precious than his callee's. (Incidentally, the only...
Minority leaders have also begun to form coalitions to exert pressure. Despite some Black leaders contention that undocumented workers take jobs from poor Blacks, every Black congressman stood with the Hispanic lobby. (Last week, members of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) welcomed Rev. Jesse L. Jackson at their annual convention in El Paso...
...five will serve six-year terms on the 30-member board. The board is largely ceremonial as a whole, but the individual members can exert powerful influence through their seats on various committees which examine various areas of the University...
...another critical blast last week, but not from the Reagan Administration. After a two-year study, the Organization of American States (OAS) released a report charging that the Sandinistas had abused their country's Miskito Indians. Since they came to power in 1979, the Sandinistas have tried to exert control over the Miskitos, who live in isolated hamlets on the Caribbean coast. The OAS investigation, which was requested by the Sandinistas themselves, concluded that the worst violations occurred between 1981 and 1983 and included torture and the killing of about 35 Miskitos. The report added that the Sandinistas have...