Word: neutrality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...weaving of color energy on the surface, in deference to the prevalent American art theory of the day and, to some degree, in homage to Riley. The work of Mark Rothko, which Scully had seen as a student, was a presiding influence. It had shown him how a neutral and even boring form, an imperfect rectangle, could accumulate reserves of feeling and cogitation -- how the life of the mind and its tentative decisions could be embodied, not just illustrated, in pigment. And there had been a visit to Morocco in 1970; there Scully saw stripes everywhere, dyed into awnings...
...Solidarity movement in Poland, the J.S.P. and its allies may discover that it is far easier to belittle the old than construct something new. The Socialists are already having trouble rallying opposition parties behind a single agenda. The J.S.P., for instance, stands alone in calling for an unarmed, neutral Japan and opposing both the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty and Japan's Self Defense Force. Doi has worked hard to play down these positions, but further moderation will be required if she hopes to establish broad support...
...many foreign capitals, official reaction to Bush's new ambassadors is diplomatically neutral. But privately, there is plenty of hand wringing and even some scorn. Secchia, says a senior Italian official, is "a very nice man, but he doesn't know anything." The Bahamas, says a source close to the government, tried to dissuade the U.S. from naming Hecht as Ambassador, but now that he has been selected "there ain't nothing much you can do, just grin and bear it." And although Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke went out of his way to praise nominee Sembler, his choice...
...welcome quickly ran out. Friedman maintains that Israel's hidden agenda -- wiping out Palestinian agitation once and for all and playing midwife to a friendly or at least neutral government in Lebanon -- was the stuff of fantasy. The dispersal of their leadership would not stifle Palestinians' aspirations; and there was no force in splintered Lebanon capable of uniting the country...
...quote: "The United States tried, by depressing the clutch of diplomacy and downshifting the gearshift lever of rhetoric, to remain neutral." Also: In 1929 the nation's economy "was revealed to be merely a paper tiger with feet of clay living in a straw house of cards that had cried 'wolf' once too often...