Word: janning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...attempting to cast social themes in individualized dimensions (Milos Forman, Jiri Menzel). But a few filmmakers have made a radical break with previous Czech film, abandoning descriptive conventions for vivid stylization and a strong strain of philosophical abstraction. Chief among these are the art designer Ester Krumbachova and directors Jan Nemec and Ver Chytilova; Nemec's Report in the Party and the Guests and Chytilova's Daisies are its best representatives...
...York has been particularly tense since the fight over neighborhood control of schools pitted Negro leaders, as well as city hall, against the heavily Jewish teachers' union (TIME cover, Jan. 31). For years, of course, neo-Nazi groups have also been taunting-and provoking-Jews...
...contrast, things have never been better for Agnelli's Fiat (TIME cover, Jan. 17, 1969). Last year sales reached a record $2.1 billion. Agnelli spurred the trend of consolidation among European automakers by gaining effective control in 1968 of France's Citroën, which makes some of the world's most advanced mass-produced cars. In the long run, Fiat may profit more from Citroën's engineering techniques than from Ferrari's expensive elegance, but Agnelli can take pride in sustaining an incomparable piece of automotive history...
...company agreed to sell Chile 51% of its mines on next Jan. 1 for about $200 million. The remainder is to be sold after 1972 for a price still to be determined. Anaconda will continue to manage the mines for an annual fee of approximately 1% of sales, or roughly $5 million...
...Jan. 5, 1895, Henry James, at the age of 51, had the traumatic experience of his life. His only produced play, Guy Domville, opened to jeers from a London first-night audience. Despite appreciative reviews by Shaw and H. G. Wells, among others, James' overliterary drama closed after hardly more than "15 vulgar nights of the odious stage...