Word: innermost
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Mann, wrote: "The electrifying influence exercised on a whole generation just after the First World War by Demian ... is unforgetable. With uncanny accuracy this poetic work struck the nerve of the times and called forth grateful rapture from a whole youthful generation who believed that an interpreter of their innermost life had risen from their own midst." The novel's appeal has continued over the years, and it speaks (as do other Hesse novels, particularly Steppenwolf and Siddhartha ) with especial force to today's young people-whether they are questioning, confused, alienated, or depressed...
...Suddenly, my face becomes like a window picture." He quickly fills in his blank cheeks with a network of lines. "What I'm painting now are the nerves beneath my face. I feel I can see through myself, look through my head, perceive its back. It expresses my innermost self. Funny, I suddenly feel as if my chin has disappeared...
...Most Good. "At its best, architecture touches and expresses the very innermost structure of the civilization from which it springs," Mies said. "I have tried to make an architecture for a technological society. I have wanted to keep everything reasonable and clear -to have an architecture that anybody can do." To a large extent, he succeeded. Summarizing his achievement in a speech some time ago, Architect Philip Johnson said: "Le Corbusier invents, invents magnificently and, as at Ronchamps, makes a new shape of monument for the world to admire. Mies purifies and purifies till, as at Seagram, he makes...
With uncanny accuracy this poetic work struck the nerve of the times and called forth grateful rapture from a whole youthful generation who believed that an interpreter of their innermost life had risen from their own midst...
Overtaken by Events. Johnson appeared impassive throughout. While he gave no hint of his innermost thoughts, White House correspondents guessed that his feelings were ambivalent. The invasion damaged his master plan for further accommodation with the Rus sians. But it also put him back in the center of action and, all too clearly, discomfited the Democrats who most loud ly condemn his war policy...