Word: mutedness
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There seems little chance that the debate will become more muted, even as the American involvement in Viet Nam deepens. Meanwhile, the President's advisers are prevailing on him to stump the nation or at least take to TV in order to remind Americans of the reasons for the...
Although the "veils" and "florals" differ in shape, as their names indicate, the similarity in the quality of the experience justifies grouping them togeher. But the next major group of paintings by Louis, the "unfurleds," drastically departs from the "veils" and "florals." The "unfurleds" are huge horizontally-oriented white canvases...
"I do not recommend more of the same-but more that is better," said Lyndon Johnson in his health and education message to Congress last week. Actually, the President was mostly marking time in two fields where he has been almost too productive in the past two years. Having gotten...
Inside the clubs, the Princeton men sit at round tables and are served their vegetable soup by Negro servants in white coats and black bow ties. A servant calls a club man "Mr. Bradley," and a club man calls a servant "Thomas." After dinner, the club men retire to their...
"There is only one truly serious philosophical problem," wrote Albert Camus, "and that is suicide." In other words, what is it that makes life worth living? Religion's answer to that question today is still powerful, but far more muted than it used to be. Most men take their...