Word: explained
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...accomplished cannot be simply duplicated. A developed industrial base, good lines of communication, a common purpose-these were some of Europe's indispensable assets in developing regional organization. They are lacking elsewhere. The very countries that need economic integration most are least ready for it, which helps explain regionalism's often disappointing record...
...celebrated and interminable essay on Genet, Jean-Paul Sartre philosophizes to the effect that by aligning himself with the forces of evil Genet affirms the existence of the good, which makes him a moralist of a kind. But the Sartrean paradox does not altogether explain the demonic intensity and energy of Genet's writing. The source may be found in another French aphorist, Baudelaire, who said that "Everyman who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul." As a corollary, he who accepts the conditions of life-as Genet accepts the worst life can dish out-presumably...
...Focus. Such tidbits illuminate a subject; they do not necessarily explain it. In grappling with the riddle of South America, a continent that was colonized half a century before North America and is still trying to catch up with modern times, Tour Guide Gunther sometimes finds the going rough. He often relies on sweeping generalities ("few South Americans have ulcers"), on superlatives (Colombia is "one of the most difficult, complex and contradictory countries in the world"), and there are some oversimplifications that sometimes border on the absurd. "Why is the army so important?" he asks of Brazil. Gunther...
...these images sufficiently powerful to deny man's nothingness? All are declared to be art by the museums that show them, by the critics who explain and hail them, by the collectors who buy them. This has its advantages over the old days when the young artist suffered from neglect and sometimes died unrecognized. But in this day when the most radical young artist is threatened not by neglect but by the possibility that he may be considered over the hill at 30, a few critics and some painters who themselves were radical only a few styles back...
...increases were substantial, explain the publishers, because costs-especially wages and printing-plant expenses-have risen sharply. To date, there has been no audible squawk from readers, and newsstand sales of most magazines have not suffered. To be sure, newsstand sales generally account for only a small percentage of overall sales, most of which are by subscription. But then, it is likely that subscription rates will also rise soon...