Word: modishly
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Regret is the modish literary emotion this spring; rue is back in fashion; hope's hemline has been let down to fit the century's middle age. So it seems, at any rate, on the evidence of two collections of criticism published this week...
...Togliatti's double-breasted suits had become the symbol of Italy's "respectable" Communism, seeking power not through revolution but in Parliament and at the polls. These days, more and more Italian comrades wear well-cut grey flannel, while their women appear at party functions in modish sweaters with tasteful single strands of pearls. But right now there are some bad rips in the party's grey-flannel respectability...
...taken out for an 11 p.m. "walk," a chore that traditionally falls to the man of the household. Among pedigreed cats, most popular breed is the seal-point Siamese, followed closely by the bluepoint Siamese: these two account for 80% of U.S. purebred-cat sales. The once modish Persian is sold to only about 8% of the cat customers-mostly women and children, who like the Persian's fluffy coat. However, only 4% of all U.S. cats are registered...
...cold war of ideas by default, some kind of national information program seems essential. While I applaud your undergraduate seal to lash out at evil, may I suggest that you might achieve more lasting good if you thought through your ideas a bit more. Cavilling criticism, uninformed although modish, is no substitute for hard and informed thinking in international affairs. The problems faced by USIA should, I feel, be your concern. They include building a large staff of officers trained in their own and their host country's culture, language, history, politics, and information media. Successful explanation of one culture...
...spirit, and buried in the ground work that failed his standards. Currently on display in a major retrospective at the Worcester Art Museum are 43 works that stayed above ground. They look contemporary as can be; and perhaps are not a bad bet to outlast today's more modish explorations of the same unreality...