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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Armstrong, in the catalogue, "Willem de Kooning has added to the vocabulary of painting, altered the perception of what painting represents." Jorn Merkert's catalogue essay asserts that de Kooning "played perhaps the decisive role" in the development of abstract expressionism (notwithstanding de Kooning's own generous tribute to Pollock as the one who "broke the ice"). The purpose of canonization is well in hand; once again-though one must except Curator Paul Cummings' measured and enlightening essay on de Kooning's drawings-the work of a distinguished artist becomes a pedestal for the display...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Painting's Vocabulary Builder | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

...really kind of shocked last Christmastime because of treatment the newly renovated rooms [in Lowell and half of Winthrop] had received from the students," he added, describing "quite generous holes knocked in the walls when trying to hang rugs and move refrigerators...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: Student Room Care 'Unimpeachable' | 1/4/1984 | See Source »

...some firms, the bonuses are surprisingly sweeping and generous. The Chicago-based Leo Burnett advertising agency gave all 1,600 of its U.S. employees a "profit-participation cash bonus." Said one Burnett executive: "It was a good deal better than last year's. I haven't detected a single sign of disappointment." At Silicon Valley's Hewlett-Packard, supervisors ceremoniously handed out checks to 62,500 employees for two weeks' extra pay, just in time for Christmas shopping. To qualify, employees needed at least six months on the job. The total bonus came to $49 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bonus Babies | 1/2/1984 | See Source »

...workers to keep it from failing, and Local President Lyle Taylor was installed as company president. But losses continued :o accumulate, and six weeks ago Rath filed for bankruptcy. As part of the reorganization plan, Taylor wants 1,500 production workers to give up some of the generous medical benefits that he once helped negotiate and extend a $2.50-per-hour wage cut that is due to expire at the end of this month. Workers are bitter. Says Richard Campbell, 25: "I can't afford to take another pay cut, and we can't afford to lose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Labor Gets a Working Over | 12/19/1983 | See Source »

While U.A.W. members are trying to win back concessions made to automakers during the recession, Chrysler directors last week offered Chairman Lee A. Iacocca, 59, a generous package to stay on the job. Of course it was Iacocca who turned give firm from near bankruptcy to profitable vigor. The board voted to give Iacocca 150,000 Chrysler shares if he remains another three years, and 50,000 more if he stays a fourth. Directors also approved options that allow him to buy 400,000 more shares later at $28. If Iacocca exercised them, and the stock rose another ten points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping Lee in the Driver's Seat | 12/19/1983 | See Source »

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