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...where power operates by open consensus. Every line of this building is simple, masculine, direct -- the federal style in all its confidence. This exalted plainness of utterance would permeate crafts other than architecture; it was the general style of the early Republic. Cabinetmakers no less than builders now preferred explicit, abstract shapes: circle, ellipse, square. Deep carving and swag work became flattened and were replaced by abstractions of depth, mimicking light and shade in veneer. Back to basics: antiquity is destiny...
...comparable to the architecture of Jefferson or to the legal and moral qualities of the Constitution. But by 1800 an answer to the haunting question posed by Michel- Guillaume-Jean de Crevecoeur -- "What then is the American, this new man?" -- was latent in the young Republic's art, and explicit in its architecture...
...open letter, Bok said he thought University rules should be made more explicit, and "apply equally to all research carried out by professors while on the Harvard payroll...
...constitution, it must be repeated again and again that in the system of checks and balances devised by the Founding Fathers "the people" ultimately are sovereign. Elected officials rule at their pleasure and on their behalf. It was correctly assumed that the people would play a greater, if less explicit role in the governing of their lives than any of the three branches of government that magnificent document created. It was that obligation Americans neglected after they twice elected Ronald Reagan to the presidency. If any good is to come out of the whole Reagan-Iran-contra mess, it will...
...somewhat less grisly fare, like the immensely successful Friday the 13th series. The ease with which minors can rent and watch such nightmarish visions has alarmed parent organizations around the country. These groups contend that while sexually provocative movies usually carry at least an R rating, "slasher" films containing explicit violence are often unrated and available to youngsters...