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...Renoir, Monet and Pissarro. By the 1880s Impressionism was coming under attack not just from the usual academic conservatives but from a new generation who wanted art to reclaim its larger purposes, to represent moral hierarchies, eternal values, history - anything that imposed an order of the mind on the hectic gatherings of the eye. The Impressionists had no use for any of that. Their working method was to record the fleeting effects of light at a particular moment, and that moment was always...
...KUTA BEACH, BALI: The island's best-known strip gets hectic from July to October when beginners and veterans alike line up for its 6-ft. waves and long barrels. A deep sandy bottom cushions those inevitable wipeouts, while nearby Legian beach offers bigger waves for the more confident. The Bali Learn To Surf Co., tel: (62-361) 761 869, ext. 8116, runs a two-hour beginner course for $39, covering basic paddling, board mounting, water safety and surf etiquette...
Folks who are naturally early risers have an advantage at work and school because their circadian rhythms make it easier for them to arrive promptly and calmly, says a study from the University of Pittsburgh. Biologically, night owls find it tough to wake up on time, and their hectic mornings can throw off the rest of the day. Night owls who want to adjust their body clock may be able to do so by maximizing exposure to morning sunlight, wearing dark glasses in the hours before dusk and gradually shifting to an earlier bedtime...
...Thorne was Kerry's campaign manager in the 1972 congressional race, and there's no one whose judgment of people Kerry trusts more, say those who know them. He still calls Thorne often; these days, it's usually late at night from the road. And even amid a hectic presidential campaign, the Senator rarely gets back to Boston without making some time for Thorne, now a publisher and a financial broker. Some new realities have inevitably intruded on the intimacy of their old friendship--like the Secret Service agents tagging along for their 30-mile bicycle ride in the countryside...
...would be shocked by the monstrous complexity and expense of modern politics. When he first ran for President in 1800, the Electoral College and the House of Representatives decided elections, by and large, and there was little campaigning in the current sense. The nonstop advertising, showy conventions and hectic travel would have repelled the shy Virginian, who found public speaking burdensome. "In [the Founding Fathers'] minds, the person who was ambitious and wanted high office was the one person you should never trust with it," says Yale historian Joanne Freeman, author of Affairs of Honor: National Politics...