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Natalia Goncharova's "Grain Harvest"(1908)--the only work of a woman in theexhibit--is a superb example of the "primitivist"folk art. The painting reflects a deliberateattempt at distortion: the trees are blue, anoutline of a cat is painted broadside on the roofof the house, and the geometric regions of intensecolor are startling to say the least. But thesubject of the painting is still traditionalrather than abstract--we see three women hard atwork on the farm...
Zhao, 68, painted a grim picture of the Chinese economy. Echoing a conservative rallying cry, Zhao began his speech by demanding boosts in grain production. Lashing out at consumers who are "given to pleasure seeking," he called for more unglamorous projects, such as the construction of roads, bridges and energy facilities. Zhao railed against "blindly seeking an excessively high growth rate" lest China's inflation, which is now running at a roughly 6% annual clip, get completely out of hand. His remarks seemed aimed at the policies of the once influential Hu, who last week was re-elected...
...potentially productive students could fill schools like Hope University across the U.S. She has a point: savants are of growing interest to psychologists. Leon Miller, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, feels that "few researchers have looked at mental retardation in a fine-grain fashion. They haven't gone into the heads of the kids." Psychologist Bernard Rimland, of the Institute for Child Behavior Research in San Diego, notes, "It isn't surprising that we don't understand much about these aberrations. We haven't even begun to understand how the normal brain functions...
...into a slugging match. Just two days after the President spoke on Capitol Hill, negotiators for the U.S. and the twelve- member European Community reached an eleventh-hour compromise that narrowly averted a major international trade war. Last March the E.C. effectively cut off some $400 million in U.S. grain exports to Spain after that country entered the Community. Unless adequate compensation was provided, the U.S. said, it would impose crippling 200% duties at 12:01 a.m. last Friday on such Community exports as British gin, French cognac and Dutch cheese. Finally, about four hours before the deadline last week...
...operations or forming joint ventures with private firms. Most important, by leading his country into the European Community, Gonzalez has opened large new markets for Spain's companies. One unfortunate side effect -- for the U.S., at least -- is that E.C. rules require Spain to boost its tariffs on American grain. The U.S. has threatened to slap a 200% punitive tariff on such European products as Gouda cheese...