Word: expressionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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If Reagan was losing patience, it was because the failure to negotiate a withdrawal of troops from Lebanon was becoming a major obstacle to the broader Middle East peace initiative he proposed on Sept. 1. According to that plan, the Israeli-occupied West Bank would be linked in a loose...
In the years just before his death--although he often expressed pessimism about his own efficacy--Kistiakowsky began to see his efforts bear fruit as a full-scale peace movement blossomed on both sides of the Atlantic. In the United States, this movement can already claim major victories. A 10...
A hush fell over the group as all eyes turned to Ronald Reagan. But the President said nothing, and his face betrayed no expression. After a moment or two, the silence became awkward. Officials rushed to break it by questioning Stockman about this obscure number or that.
If clothes make the man, interior decoration can sometimes be a vivid expression of the soul of a society. American Decorative Arts by Robert Bishop and Patricia Coblentz (Abrams; 405 pages; $65) forages through the American experience as expressed in its furniture and furnishings. The volume begins with a 1629...
Are photographers artists or technicians? They can be both, although logically not all technicians are necessarily artists. Still, the question is guaranteed to start an argument, with opinions usually separating along the dotted line of self-interest. Painters, with their pigments and brushes, generally would like to keep the house...