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Fogg staff members were disappointed by the construction delay. But at least one, Konrad Oberhuber, professor of Fine Arts, was understanding: "The Corporation wants to be cautious at a time when endowments for the arts are not very generous...
...decade. One off-Broadway musical ?five lively actors, 70 easy minutes, the audience seated in chairs designed by a Bauhaus sadist?costs the playgoer 230 a minute. A full day with the Nicklebys costs about 200 a minute. And for each pair of dimes you get another generous, nourishing slice of instant cultural history. Most Broadway shows offer a pleasant enough diversion between sunset and bed; Nickleby will become part of your organism, cast a glow for years to come. So sell the Atari, skip a mortgage payment, pawn the children...
...Senate Agriculture Committee, however, restored the subsidy and allotment programs, increased dairy price supports and raised the cost of the bill by 40%. The House committee's version was even more generous. But the united front usually exhibited by farm-state legislators, in which each protects the others' commodities, showed signs of weakness. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Jesse Helms of North Carolina had his staff draw up a bill that mainly protected tobacco and peanuts, important products of his state. Senator Robert Dole of Kansas quietly worked on his own version, eventually adopted by the committee, which doubled...
...review of one of his own novels before criticizing the manuscripts of aspiring writers and, probing the air with his hand, which curved like a bear's paw, he exhorted writers to teach something, to make the story yield a potent statement and to fight for issues with "generous anger," out in the open, like Dickens...
...defending their turf, educators can count on continuing political clout on Capitol Hill, as was demonstrated on several occasions in June and July. What the professors and scientists fear, however, is that certain crucial fields which need increased support will be crippled in an atmosphere hostile to generous government spending...