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The most striking feature of Boorstin's interpretation of the American democratic experience is his understanding that the experience was not shaped so much by human will as it was by physical circumstance. According to Boorstin's account, the institutions that developed in this country were molded more by the...
Or have they? With last week's pennant playoffs, baseball suddenly recaptured so much suspense and emotion that Ring Lardner could not have written a better script. Winners of the National League's Western Division were the well-muscled Cincinnati Redlegs, with the best record (99 wins, 63...
Preparing to face the A's in the World Series, the Mets seemed to be asking too much: nothing less than Miracle III. Oakland has timely hitting, strong arms and bench strength. Manager Berra ("I'd rather be lucky than good") and his team have faith and a...
When violence was sweeping the nation's campuses in the late 1960s, a relatively small group of professors formed an alliance to carry the banner for scholarship. Though loosely knit, the University Centers for Rational Alternatives argued forcibly that student violence and emphasis on political action threatened academic freedom...
As antiart, Duchamp's work became a lunatic cornerstone for Dada, the movement that celebrated disorder, chance, anarchism−anything to reverse the stultified, rational societies that had led to World War I. Thereupon, Duchamp renounced canvas forever. He became a fixture of the New York art scene, painted...