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...everyone is enthusiastic. "It is meaningless to describe anything as avant-garde today," says Hilton Kramer, editor of the New Criterion. "Once you had a success on the order of pop art in the early '60s, it was no longer possible to define anything as avant-garde because there was no longer anything that met with resistance. Once what was formerly regarded as avant- garde was embraced by the mainstream, you simply had novelty." While Kramer admits Wilson's work has an audience, he is nevertheless dismissive. "I think it's a terrible bore. But people of mainstream culture...
...support of the contras. Most of the reservations, however, arise from the Governors' determination to retain full authority to use the Guard in such politically popular activities as patrolling areas devastated by storms or restoring order in violent strike or riot situations. Last week, at their national conference on Hilton Head Island, S.C., the Governors approved a resolution against any efforts to give the President absolute authority to send the Guard units wherever he wishes, even in peacetime...
...very next year Lauren struck out on his own, with $50,000 in backing from Norman Hilton, a Manhattan clothing manufacturer. He began producing an entire menswear line, including wide-collar shirts and wide-lapel suits, that was more flamboyant than the contemporary Ivy League look yet not as loud as the psychedelic style of the same era. Before long, Lauren had 30 employees helping to promote and sell his fast-expanding Polo collection. Chic department stores like Bloomingdale's showcased his collections, and the fashion press took notice. "He's acquired a certain reputation for clothes that...
...discovered that his enterprise was almost bankrupt because of poor financial management and the costs of headlong expansion. To save the company, Lauren pumped his entire $100,000 savings into the firm and offered Strom a share of the business to come aboard from a management job with Norman Hilton, Lauren's early patron and manufacturer...
During Farnsworth's tenure as director, UHS hadsuch extensive facilities that it was oftenreferred to as the Farnsworth Hilton, Wacker said...