Word: precisioned
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...admirer of Warburg's modernizing influence in British banking, has taken Siegmund in as a close adviser. Warburg has shaken up what he calls the City's "ingenious sloppiness" by introducing Germanic organization and discipline; he even plots the seating at his business lunches with military precision. His officers often work so late that competitors call Warburg's bank "the nightclub." Secretaries transcribe every important meeting in the place, rush out a daily precis to all the directors-many of them trekking about the world on business. For his tight ship, Warburg has recruited a highly diverse...
The approach to literature and writing, for example, was extremely, rigid, clearly showing the influence of both feudal classicism and modern dogmatism. The analysis of literature followed an unchanging pattern from theme to precis, to style, and the writing assignments allowed almost no originality.
But Ho marched on the Communist side: his forces carried huge banners with pictured of Mao on them and posters that proclaimed the gory of the Chinese. Ho's men killed the bad authorities to ingratiate the people, but they also killed the good to terrorize the government. There was...
As to the essays in the book, you may be interested to know that the one about corruption in government, which you quote, was in fact a precis from Lecky's History of England.
GUGGENHEIM-Fifth Ave. at 89th. An exceptional exhibition of American drawings selected by Curator Lawrence Alloway includes work by such senior draughtsmen as Gorky and Tobey, along with some by relative newcomers, including Larry Poons and Sven Lukin. A handsome historical precis of Albert Gleizes' offers the U.S. its...