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...need not ponder the imponderables to discover what lies behind Haiti's stunning poverty, its stagnation, and the withdrawal of American money. The answer is easy: Dr. Francois Duvalier, self-declared president of Haiti for life, the notorious "Papa...
WHAT really happened in the Tonkin Gulf during the early days of August 1964 is a question that historians may ponder for decades. All the details will probably never be established. For present-day Americans, the knowable facts are of more than academic interest, since the events of those days set off a chain reaction, beginning with the Tonkin Gulf Resolution in Congress, which has sent more than a million U.S. troops to battle in South Viet Nam. The following account is based on the Defense Department's official report-much of which was secret until last week...
PAINTING Triump of the Clumsiest In the act of painting, Chaim Soutine was something to behold. For months, he would ponder the idea for a painting, then in a wild outburst fling the paint onto the canvas with such vehemence that on one occasion he dis located his thumb. A model who posed for him never forgot the experience...
...light grid. The cells were located directly beneath the light bulbs; when the viewer's body intercepted an infra-red light beam, the cell triggered a relay switch to the bulbs above. Haacke's Photoelectric Viewer Programmed Coordinate System furnished little to look at, but lots to ponder at the coffee shops. Does a tree make a noise when it falls in the forest if nobody is there to hear it? Does a work of art cease to exist, because no one is there to turn...
...idea of a New York afternoon newspaper is still very much alive at the Daily News. The paper has been talking it over with the unions and has shown a dummy issue to prospective advertisers. This week the directors of the Chicago Tribune-Daily News meet in Florida to ponder a decision. "The News is farther down the road toward bringing out a paper than anyone else has been," says International Typographers Union Boss Bert Powers...