Word: makers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Joseph Beuys-sculptor, maker of happenings, guru and political fantasist-is without doubt the most influential artist in Europe. At 58, he is also one of the few genuine art world stars: the gaunt face, the felt hat that never comes off in public and the fishing jacket make up a uniform as immediately recognizable to his fans as Al Capone's fedora or Picasso's monkey mask. He even has a retinue of attendants, attired in cute red jumpsuits. For some years he has been one of the chief culture heroes in Germany, particularly...
Wrong. John Updike, self-appointed myth-maker of the New York and Boston bedroom community, menacingly shakes a coffee cup and a lone sock at you and growls, "You don't have problems. You have PROBLEMS. BIG PROBLEMS. And they all MEAN SOMETHING. Every coffee stain on the dining room table, every trip to the vet for the family dog's shots, every play in the Little League baseball game. And I," Updike goes on, "am here to bore into each one with my unrelenting literary jackhammer. I will drill until I hit vast and oceanic symbolism...
...creeping socialism about to pounce? Not quite. In fact, despite the landmark nature of Fraser's likely upcoming appointment to the financially troubled auto-maker's board, the move is most striking for its insignifance...
Last Thursday, Treasury Secretary G. William Miller announced the Carter Administration's plan for salvaging Chrysler, the nation's third largest auto-maker, with a whopping $1.5 billion federally guaranteed loan. The Carter proposal, however, fails to insure that Chrysler will not once again choose the road to ruin...
...Children) and Terrence McNally (Bad Habits). The directors are Jack Hofsiss (The Elephant Man), Jeff Bleckner (Sticks and Bones), and Film Maker James Ivory (The Europeans). The cast features several of America's strong actors. No matter...