Word: exhibited
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard bicyclists of all abilities will have a chance to exhibit their talent in next weekend's Harvard-Wellesley Race. A new format is planned for the race this year. Instead of a race out to Wellesley, riders will tour leisurely and race on a closed course there...
Each of us had different reasons for participating. Within all of us, however, was a common frustration. Working primarily outside the context of an official University course or activity, the majority of us had no outlet for our work, no place to exhibit what we had done. We shared a sense that the University should take more interest in its artists; to this extent we were united in a common purpose. It was our aim to prove that an interesting exhibit could be assembled exclusively of undergraduate work...
...course, what we were really debating was a question of two opposing systems: capitalism and socialism. The Americans wanted to impress Russians with a lot of fancy gadgets. They were sure that Russians wouldn't know the difference if the exhibit included some things which most American housewives have never laid eyes on. To a certain extent the organizers of the exhibit may have been right about this. They wanted the Russians to think, "So this is the sort of equipment they have in capitalist countries! Why don't we have such things under socialism?" That...
...conversation began like this: I picked up an automatic device for squeezing lemon juice for tea and said, "What a silly thing for your people to exhibit in the Soviet Union, Mr. Nixon. All you need for tea is a couple of drops of lemon juice. I think it would take a housewife longer to use this gadget than it would for her to do what our housewives do: slice a piece of lemon, drop it into a glass of tea, then squeeze a few drops out with a spoon. I don't think this appliance of yours...
...should really be outside: Carpenter Center boasts a sculpture-fountain (Stainless steel and moving water) by Susumu Shingu, a good way to satisfy both aesthetic and physical needs. But if Museum-tromping is imposed upon you, console yourself with Renoir's "Bal a Bougival" at the MFA. A regular exhibit that nobody talks about much, but it's the most beautiful painting in Boston...