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...someone did not paint, he could take care of that too, for Hofmann was a born teacher. His knowledge of the convulsions of 20th century art was firsthand. He had known Picasso, worked alongside Matisse in sketch classes in Paris. Synthesizing such high-key colorism with cubism, he practiced and preached an intuitive, joyous abstract expressionism. His doctrine of "push and pull," by which he tried to reintroduce the tensions once created by depth perspective into the picture plane, flattened by modern artists, became the byword of abstract expressionism, and he himself became the movement's prime mentor...
Still a restless reporter at heart, Marguerite Higgins always liked to take a firsthand look at the world's trouble spots before she made up her mind. And it was that determination that took her back to Viet...
...than 120 first-class (hot and cold running water) hotel rooms available in Saigon and logistics and manpower problems in the field, U.S. officials were often hard pressed to take care of the Congressmen. Nonetheless, most Saigon hands appreciated the visitors' eagerness to learn about the war at firsthand...
...Christ, said St. Paul, man becomes "a new creation." The theory behind the center is that the modern city represents a contemporary kind of new creation in which God is acting here and now-and that organized Christianity is ill-prepared to perceive his presence. To give ministers a firsthand knowledge of the inner city's secular forces, the National Council of Churches in 1962 proposed setting up an experimental school. Last fall the center began operations in the parish house of the First Congregational Church, supported by gifts from eleven Protestant churches and grants from several foundations, including...
...relations, and may some day head in that direction. In any case, he is unlikely to abandon the seminary-bred notion of service. "Do you know that the word 'idiot' comes from the Greek?" asks Moyers, who studied the language in order to read the New Testament firsthand. "It means a man who did not participate in society." He adds: "This is a participant's generation, not a spectator generation." But he still expresses wonder at the exalted role he has come to play in Lyndon Johnson's Administration...