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...part, increased attention to the arts was M.I.T.'s response to criticism from students and faculty in the late 1960s about the institute's dependence on military research. But long after the critical voices fell silent, the arts continued to flourish, largely because of pipe-smoking, affable President Wiesner, 57. To him, "A person is much less of a human being if he thinks of himself only as a technocrat. Society needs the cognitive reaction of a poet as well as a technologist...
Heaven and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority know that Godey's plot is not far removed from the reality of the contemporary urban nightmare. But Godey tries to whip up extra credibility by introducing each new twist in the drama with a flourish of fact-filled three-by-five cards. Want to know how many miles of track there are in the New York subway system? Where Alfred Ely Beach's 1867 private subway tunnel is? What it means to "jump a block"? Maybe not, but Godey is going to tell you. He cannot even write a scene about...
...Naked Night (1953) which Simon, setting a welcome precedent, calls by its correctly translated title The Clown's Evening: Smiles of a Summer Night (1955); Winter Light (1962)) and Persona (1966). Simon's analytical and descriptive abilities, seen most often in his film reviews in The New Leader, flourish in these expansive essays, unencumbered by the disputatious color of his reviews...
Aunt Augusta chases after the dream of her youth and finds it seedless. Hers is a persistent past, and she dwells in reminiscence. She drapes herself in shoulder furs and slinky sequined gowns, and mannerizes the carefree '20s with every flourish of her cigarette holder. Her figure has the lines of Beardsley, and her history mimics the twists of those lines. Her life was all amour--she cavorted at their serenades, whirled waltzing in their arms, and made indulgent love to them. And when they abandoned her, she resurfaced like an invincible Molly Brown...
...conclude, the low price at which the Magenta is offered necessitates a large subscription-list. Let our friends remember this if they would see an enterprise flourish whose success will be, we do not say an honor, but a convenience...