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...avantgarde, among them Kasimir Malevich, Naum Gabo, Vladimir Tatlin, Alexander Rodchenko and El Lissitzky, wanted to serve the new power of the left by combining revolutionary art with revolutionary politics. Russian constructivism was, in fact, the only heroic modernist style that drew its strength from the revolutionary impetus. Yet its sin was in being abstract, and for that it was consigned to darkness by Stalin and his cultural apparatchiks after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Socialist Realism's Legacy | 6/23/1980 | See Source »

...sake, Bowersock says he sees benefit in the theoretical basis for the Core's structure because it encourages professor to rethink what they are teaching. "You can't just walk up to a professor and tell him to develop a course--you need a structure to provide the impetus," he explains...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: From Core to Course | 6/5/1980 | See Source »

...candidates identified solely with the CCC didn't win, some did fairly well, and as one observer adds, "They could easily do better." With one election under their belts, the CCC could come out with one or two winners in 1981, and that success might provide the impetus and respectability for further growth...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Gentrification at City Hall--Political Guesswork | 5/6/1980 | See Source »

...court fight will give "added impetus" to legislation pending on Beacon Hill to allow Cambridge to regulate Harvard expansion into the community, councilor Sullivan predicted...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Harvard Seeks Appraisal; City Leaders Blast Move | 4/17/1980 | See Source »

Despite the uncertainties, Randy Barber said, "Unions are asking questions far more than when we wrote the book," adding, "The real impetus for these studies and the changes you're starting to see is coming from local and state union officers." An Operating Engineers Local in south Florida has put up $2 million to offer its members home mortgages. In Southern California, the Building and Trades union is contemplating a program to target pension money for building houses, apartment buildings and shopping centers. The construction trades have always had exceptional influence over pension funds because of the unstable nature...

Author: By Mark R. Anspach, | Title: The Unions' Controlling Interest | 4/17/1980 | See Source »

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