Word: indifferentism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
The "fortune" plot is an archetype that makes great entertainment for people who are obsessed with money. In cultures like ours, where the strongest clear attitudes toward established wealth are awe and contempt, the story is especially satisfying because its Robin Hood overtones are morally appealing. It tells you who...
With mixed expectations, then, New Yorkers turned out at the Metropolitan Opera House last week for Balletdirektor Tetley's debut visit with the Stuttgart and his first full-scale work, Daphnis and Chloë. The choice was an odd one. Daphnis and Chloë has not been a lucky...
What is interesting is the freak show, the long line of grumpy midgets, washed-out showmen, and childishly cruel, empty-headed blondes seeking to fill the vacuity of their existence with rich and "devilishly" handsome men. The performances in the film are on the whole superb. Burgess Meredith is excellent...
Ironically, today, when Czech intellectuals continue to see no way to insure national survival other than by making a significant contribution to world culture, most people at Harvard are ignorant of, or indifferent to the efforts of these people in "this faraway country of which we know nothing.
He seldom worried about imposing on those he photographed. "I'm quite indifferent to that up to the point where it isn't destructive...If you're at all sensitive--which artists are supposed to be and usually are--that could make conditions psychologically impossible, if you're aware of...