Word: illusionality
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The greatest danger lies not in outright propaganda but in the power of illusion. A large part of world opinion still insists that John Kennedy was the victim of an extremist plot. Again and again, with or without help from Red propaganda, such terms as "imperialism," "intervention," "exploitation" and "fallout...
The major sources of Winnie's "happiness" are Willie and her "story." It is Willie who above all rescues her from the "wilderness of herself," who blows his nose, occasionally answers her questions, and finally, with a supreme effort, tries to crawl up Winnie's mound. There are long periods...
There are still many ugly pockets of resistance. The South still accedes to Negro demands reluctantly, surrendering only token bits and pieces. But a majority of Southerners are now resigned to the irrevocable fact that the Negro's demands must be granted under the Constitution. Only a handful of...
Mechanical World. All this, says Bush, who is recognized as the father of the modern analogue computer, is a crass misconception. In the current issue of FORTUNE, Bush explains that so exaggerated a faith in the powers of science is a residue of a naive 18th century belief in absolute...
A shape is usually differentiated from the surface of the canvas by the line enclosing the shape. A black line or a black blotch on a white surface creates the illusion of "relief," just as surely as a seated figure seems separate from the picture plane. The painters of the...