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...kind of vision," he jot ted in his diary in 1931. "It was like the Annunciation! Suddenly I saw what photography could be ... a tremendously potent pure art form." His effort was to take photography away from its documentary role. A kind of ecstatic nature worship has provided the impetus for Adams' work since the '30s, not only on the large scale but on the small as well: witness an image of stems floating on black water, a pattern as subtle and vivacious as those of old Japanese textiles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Images of America Before Its Fall | 6/10/1974 | See Source »

Yale will have the added impetus of two of their best powers who were ineligible last week because of their graduate student status. With its new strength, Yale really thinks it can get by the 'Cliffe...

Author: By Ellen A. Cooper and Andrew P. Quigley, S | Title: Harvard-Yale Regatta Features 'Cliffe For First Time in 122-Year History | 5/17/1974 | See Source »

...Afro-American Studies course, "The History of Black Music," taught by Hubert Walters, a lecturer and the group's first director. A combination of black students' interest in organized singing and Walters's interest in a vocal group as a workshop and laboratory for his class provided the impetus for the group's formation...

Author: By Ron Wade, | Title: Musical Politics and Political Music | 5/15/1974 | See Source »

...impetus for organizing came from Dennis." Wiley agreed to direct the group "for no salary--out of the goodness of his heart," emphasizes Lucas...

Author: By Ron Wade, | Title: Musical Politics and Political Music | 5/15/1974 | See Source »

...white, 41% black, 12% Spanish surnames and 4% Oriental and others. The pupils come from families all over the social and economic scales. To cope with the widely varying needs of the students, the city began diversifying its schools and courses during the late 1960s. But most of the impetus came from a 1970 court-ordered integration plan that forced Pasadena to re-evaluate many traditional teaching practices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Multiple Choice | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

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