Word: historian
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...least 21% of the vote in Round 1. Although Marchais' policy differences with Mitterrand were sharp-the Communists insist on sweeping nationalization of industry-there were indications that he planned to join forces with the Socialists in order to make a leftist victory possible in Round 2. Communist Historian Jean Ellenstein told TIME last week he fully expected a leftist accord after the first round. By delaying until then, Ellenstein explained, "the Socialists can pick up extra votes on the right, and the Communists can do the same on the left...
...still a quintessentially American artist-the hero of the struggle to be both modernist and American that pervaded the art world in the '20s and '30s. No exhibition of his work has ever done as well by him as this one, organized by Art Historian John R. Lane: 113 paintings and drawings, an excellent catalogue text and, for the first time, a full view of the relationships between theory and practice that lay at the core of Davis' work and enabled him to transcend his provinciality...
Eric F. Goldman, Princeton University historian, on the impact of the 1960s: "This period was a watershed as important as the American Revolution or the Civil War in causing changes...
DIED. Walter Muir Whitehill, 72, historian and man of letters who became known as "Mr. Boston" for his successful crusade to preserve some of the landmarks of his city; of pneumonia; in Boston. A pragmatist who fought to "save what is good for practical use as places to live in and work in," Whitehill played a large part in restoring Boston's 19th century Quincy Marketplace and making it into a thriving new commercial center...
Despite all this diversity, socialists of whatever stripe have several ideals in common. One is the belief that if the means of production remain under the complete control of private owners, the worker will be exploited. Another is a firm commitment to egalitarianism, which the conservative historian Robert Strausz-Hupé calls "the strongest single element of modern society...