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Still, it is in his desire to reassert in individual terms vitality of the tradition that has underlaid Japan's artistic achievements in the past that Munakata experiments so extensively with Occidental styles. In this devilishly difficult task, he has succeeded; his art, at its best, is entirely personal and modern, yet also perfectly Japanese...

Author: By Clay Modelling, | Title: Shiko Munakata | 3/27/1959 | See Source »

Reflecting on these symptoms of unrest as he paced in his borrowed estate 25 miles from London, Strongman Sarit decided it was time to reassert himself. He flew back to Bangkok last week. Next day he dissolved the National Assembly, deposed the Premier, banned all political parties, scrapped the constitution and promised to draw up another (which will not be submitted to a referendum), padlocked a dozen publications, and declared martial law because of "pressure of internal and external forces, especially of the Communists." In the name of the "revolutionary party," Sarit promised Thailanders that he would 1) respect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THAILAND: Coup de Repos | 11/3/1958 | See Source »

...Polaris' progress has been indisputable. And if it keeps its promise, it will do one thing that is overdue: it will speed the Navy beyond its traditional surface task force role-a role all but obsolete in the missile age-into a global underwater mission that will reassert and make meaningful the need for control of the seas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEFENSE: The New Weapons System | 3/3/1958 | See Source »

...both its strengths and weaknesses. The stock market rallied. The missile program exploded with successes. The spur-of-the-moment conference between Dwight Eisenhower and Britain's Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, formless in its inception, turned into a program for free world development. Leadership had begun to reassert itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Crisis in Leadership | 11/4/1957 | See Source »

...idea, announced at the beginning of his speech: President Eisenhower would soon take to the road to deliver a series of television speeches discussing the U.S. economy, the national defense program and efforts toward greater scientific achievement. The aim: to re-emphasize his "beliefs and determinations," to reassert his leadership and to re-establish the nation's confidence in itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Rocket's Red Glare | 11/4/1957 | See Source »

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