Word: midasized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite Congress's decision six years ago to permit U.S. citizens to hold gold for the first time since 1933, few Americans were able to buy domestic gold. The smallest quantity offered by the Treasury Department in its monthly auctions before they were canceled last October was a 300...
The myth of King Midas is that everything he touched turned to gold. The reality of President Carter is that everything he touches turns to ruin. America needs a President who was born under a lucky star.
Yet the inventions of necessity slowly gave way to the needs of mere performance. Picasso's sculpture retained its intensity almost to the end, but his painting did not, and this became clear after 1950. Without doubt, MOMA'S great exhibition ends on a dying fall. The Picassian energy is...