Word: mounting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Paul Warnke, who led President Carter's SALT II negotiators for nearly two years, is back in his twelfth-story law office. The window beside his desk frames the White House, the Washington Monument and a spectacular panorama of the Potomac River valley as far as Mount Vernon. The scene haunts him these days as agreement nears on the new strategic arms treaty with the Soviet Union, and America prepares to debate the issue. Rejection in the Senate would heighten tension and accelerate the arms race, Warnke believes. Acceptance would renew hope that nuclear weapons could ultimately be reduced...
...century writers as Lewis Carroll and Charles Dickens for the first time created a literature especially for younger readers. As parents began to regard play as a natural, even educational activity, toys began to appear on artists' canvases, and children were shown in more informal poses. William Sidney Mount portrayed the Brooks youngsters poised with their hoop; an unknown artist depicted the little Wilsons with their dog and rocking horse...
Profligate people who splurged years ago on gold jewelry, diamonds, Persian rugs, antique furniture and fine art have seen their value steadily mount, while prudent savers who put their money in bank accounts or U.S. Savings Bonds have taken a beating. Every $100 invested in U.S. Savings Bonds ten years ago is worth only...
...adds. Funded primarily by the Office of the Arts--the group never charges admission--Black Star presents plays on social, political and feminist issues, and prefers plays that are not often performed. Previous productions and readings have included The Abdication and Schubert's Last Serenade; the company hopes to mount student works next semester. Krieger feels Black Star's strength lies in its ideology and each production possesses "an ideal greater than the show itself...
...Anthony Wills. "It's an excellent likeness, swelled head and all," pronounced Kissinger last week. He didn't even mind that Wills had "painted out the scepter." In fact, quipped the former Secretary of State, the unveiling was "one of my most fulfilling moments. Until they do Mount Rushmore." Artist Wills, too, felt fulfilled. Unlike Cox, who was paid only $1,500 in expenses for his rejected picture, Wills will collect a fee of $10,500. He will be the last painter to be so lucky. Jimmy Carter has requested that in the future, all official portraits...