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The great paradox of modern linguistics is that while human judgments about the nature of language must be fundamentally introspective our intuitions are often misleading or simply wrong Percy is right when he says that closeness to language can be a bar to understanding it, that we think and talk...

Author: By James Gleick, | Title: One, Two, Many Discoveries | 7/18/1975 | See Source »

He had the profoundest respect for objects and people, and a deep disrespect for most institutions ("I think the government is a kind of joke really"). He was aghast when he heard of fellow "documentary" photographers rearranging objects or people to suit their own needs. This to him violated the...

Author: By Sage Sohier, | Title: The Flaubert of Photographers | 5/1/1975 | See Source »

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum. One night when Zero Mostel hosted the Cavett show, he ran up and kissed the television camera lens, molested Paula Prentiss and danced with several old women in the audience. No time watching Zero could ever be called wasted--he...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SCREEN | 4/24/1975 | See Source »

Caught in the wink of a photographer's lens, they stand to gether smiling, rock-'n'-roll women in sequined chiffon and funky jeans. But they pay dearly for success. The rock business is a road business. Once the euphoria of the first room-service sir loin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock 'n' Roll's Leading Lady | 12/16/1974 | See Source »

Imogen began her work in Seattle at the turn of the century, when pictorial photography was the prevalent style. Her early work was greatly influenced by Gertrude Kasebier, and made much use of soft focus and allegorical subject matter. But by 1930, she had moved far enough away from romanticism...

Author: By Kathy Garrett, | Title: Imaginations | 9/26/1974 | See Source »

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