Word: mosaicism
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...Southern Vermont, reported a story in our Environment section, was being subdivided by developers into an ugly mosaic of plots for leisure homes; laws to halt the despoliation were nonexistent. Once the story appeared, Vermont Governor Deane C. Davis felt that national exposure of the problem gave him the political strength he needed to sponsor the kind of progressive program vital to protect the remaining undeveloped land. The required legislation, first of its kind in the nation, was passed by the lawmakers and, in addition to becoming a model for other states, has since caused one of the biggest developers...
...Life of Ivan Denisovich and The Cancer Ward) were fiction alized reflections of that experience. In the first two parts of Gulag, however, he set out to document the entire range of horrors inflicted upon the Soviet people from 1918 to 1956. A 260,000-word mosaic, composed of personal reminiscences, interviews with survivors, and documents, Gulag lays out the intricate patterns of terror...
...Reign in Spain. Author Walter Curley is an investment banker who once served John Lindsay as New York City's chief of protocol. He points out in his genealogical mosaic that virtually all the monarchs-in-waiting are interrelated, and should at least have plenty to talk about. One can imagine a gold-plated dinner party for all the royals and their wives. But gad, sir, how to seat them? If the places were dispensed alphabetically, Bachelor King Leka I, 35, would have the honored position at either end of the table, since he is claimant to the throne...
...watching the assembly of a giant national mosaic. Many of the parts we can discern, and we can see how they fit together. Many other events and personalities are still only vaguely defined, and the pattern of the past suggests that there is much to come which we cannot even imagine...
Juvenile Court. Noted documentarian Frederick Wiseman ("Hospital," "High School") presents a two-and-a-half hour "documentary mosaic" on America's juvenile court system. Filmed in Memphis, the cinema-verite excursion looks closely at the handling of individual cases including an 11-year-old truant being brought to justice. CH. 2. 8 p.m. B-W. 2 hrs. 30 min. May be pre-empted by Watergate hearings...