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The Los Angeles Times: "Of all the errors made in the war, of all the confusions of illusion and reality, of all the willful uses of arbitrary power, this is one of the most shocking, because the means used are so grossly disproportionate to the ends sought."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Outrage and Releif | 1/8/1973 | See Source »

When he died, Harry Truman was under no illusion that he was a giant of intellect or even a "great" man. He was, as has been said, perhaps the greatest little man the U.S. has known. In a nation founded on the principle that ultimate wisdom lodges in its citizens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The World of Harry Truman | 1/8/1973 | See Source »

Embroidery is essentially decorative. As illusion, it is hobbled by the pattern of stitches, which could never attain the fluidity of line and shading that paint or wash gave. Refined as it is, with its or nue or "shaded gold" method of gold thread couched with varicolored silks, a roundel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Vestments in the Grand Old Style | 12/25/1972 | See Source »

OSWALD SPENGLER ONCE SAID that a sure sign of the decline of the West would be its increasing preoccupation with religiosity rather than religion. Today, with pop monstrosities like Jesus Christ Superstar on Broadway, Jesus freaks on the cover of Life, and cheap return tickets to Zen Satori available only...

Author: By Sim Johnston, | Title: Crucifixion of American Catholicism | 12/18/1972 | See Source »

It all adds up to what Ralph Turner, director of London's pacesetting Electrum Gallery, describes as "a renaissance. It's like a fresh new stream that is rushing to pour its heart out." An apt word, renaissance, for the New Jewelers are indeed going back to jewelry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Jewelry: Back to Design | 12/18/1972 | See Source »

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