Word: modern
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Lincoln since he was shot by Booth was to fall into the hands of Carl Sandburg." A kind of pseudo-folksy affectation came into some of Sandburg's work. Such criticism never troubled the poet. He was an old-fashioned storyteller, and when an interviewer once mentioned modern poetry, Sandburg snorted: "I say to hell with the new poetry. Sometimes I think it's a series of ear wigglings...
...somewhat post-Romanticist Sonata Concertante of contemporary Leon Kirchner; last night violinist Felix Galimir and his chamber ensemble (one almost expected the program to read "Felix Galimir and guests") went even further: avoiding the 19th century entirely, the group plunged right in with two works of extremely modern idiom, both composed within the last two decades...
...Teass wrote the fine choral chants. And Henry Hallstrom's extensive musical score, played by 21 members of the National Symphony Orchestra, is unusually distinguished and carefully synchronized. No less expert is the chorus' dancing of Eleanor Struppa's choreography. Executed with precision, the dancing adapts most effectively the modern Martha Graham stylistic approach...
...manufacturers of sophisticated hardware ranging from ball bearings for Viet Nam to microcircuits for the moon, executives of TRW Inc. (formerly Thompson Ramo Wooldridge) are about as thoroughly caught up in the modern world as businessmen...
...thin and full of holes. He is right in accusing nationalism of subverting international revolution; yet it must be remembered that Communism also constantly tries to subvert and take over nationalistic movements, and often succeeds. His insistence on making the industrial working class the driving force behind any modern revolution often leaves him grasping for threads. After all, revolutions have been far more frequently led by bourgeois intellectuals. And the notion that today's workers in Russia and China are demanding their rightful revolutionary place appears particularly quaint; what they are increasingly demanding is a consumer's place...