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...world was dominated bythe Petersburg Academy of Arts, founded in 1757.The Academy set the standard of aestheticprinciples in the visual arts, and following theEuropean orthodoxy of the time, consideredidealized depictions of mythological subjects inthe neoclassical style the only acceptablerepresentation of genuine beauty. As a result,artists interested in peasant life, the landscape,or scenes from contemporary history were oftenexcluded from major exhibitions...
...question of contra support, however, poses a different problem. It asks / whether the U.S. has the right to support a 15,000-man peasant army that wants to overthrow its own government. That army believes that its country has been taken over by Leninists who have shut down the opposition, destroyed a free press, repressed the church and run a secret police "advised" by Cubans and East Germans. As the President of Costa Rica put it, the "Nicaraguan people . . . have fought so hard to get rid of one tyrant, one dictator, and seven years later they have nine...
...coelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum . . ." The laibon explained the uses of animals in his work. He employed the warthog, for example, to cast a spell to keep the government out of Masai business. Good choice, the visitor thought. The warthog is a strutty little beast, a short-legged peasant with a thin tail that stands straight up like a flagpole when it runs. It backs into its hole and pulls dirt on top of itself and, if cornered there, comes out of the hole like a cannonball. Perfect for ambushing bureaucrats...
...sent to Central American "democracies" has been used for military purposes. Guatemala, for example, has used our economic aid to further its genocide of the indigenous Indian population. And U.S. economic aid plays a vital role in bolstering the El Salvadoran military, its death squads, and its bombings of peasant villages in the northern part of the country. Lest we forget, much of the "humanitarian" aid sent to the contras has never been accounted...
...genuine land reform package is likely to threaten many powerful interests and, unless handled with a subtlety uncharacteristic of the present regime, will be watered down beyond recognition by the time the peasant farmers might reap any benefits. Meanwhile, the only consensus concerning the American military bases is that the U.S. doesn't pay enough for what it gets...