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Seeking Luster. The mood of the nation reflects ambiguity: craving new approaches and answers, yet responsive to a deepening conservatism; anxious to heal the blighted cities, yet apprehensive about riots and crime. There is little exuberance. Humphrey has lived to regret his "politics of joy" effusion. McCarthy's mien is often somber, and Rockefeller, despite his smiling expeditions through campaign crowds, speaks with earnest gravity about the cities...
With the graven mien of a frontier gambler who has peeked at his opponent's hole card, the Arkansas Democrat has stood pat against Lyndon Johnson - himself the master emeritus of Capitol Hill poker - matching imperturbably the President's wiles, threats and blandishments for 1 6 weary months...
...Voice in the Land. Politics fascinates Galbraith, and he is somewhat intrigued with the idea of running for the governorship of Massachusetts. But his sharp wit, irrepressible candor and donnish mien would be fatal handicaps at the polls. As it is, there are many who think that he has already spread himself too thin. "The peril with becoming a Voice in the Land," says Columbia Economist Louis Hacker, a friendly critic, "is that you are expected to be knowledgeable in every subject. Galbraith has no right to be pontifical on things like Viet...
Enigmatic Goddesses. "Beauty for me has something to do with ambiguity," says Stüssy. The women in his paintings have both. Unlike his men, Stüssy's women are not restrained, but have a disturbing, enigmatic mien, remote and goddess-like. In part, their arresting effect comes from his daring use of materials. Guilty Eve of the Garden is a collage built round the photograph of a Vogue model's face; Virgin: A Consolation uses almost nothing but the backs of old canvases; Female Mosaic uses plastic-lace doilies as stencils. Even more surprising are such...
Griswold's two most notable personal characteristics are his Puritan stead-fastness and his rock-solid mien...