Word: reminders
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Solzhenitsyn does not live and write in order to vent his personal spleen against the Communist regime. "The Gulag Archipelago" was written to remind us that the concentration camps still exist and that millions continue to die in them, and to remind the U.S. of its criminal stupidity and moral fecklessness in failing to combat Soviet oppression of its people. Although Solzhenitsyn himself may now be safe, the Soviet dictatorship still remains...
...than a fleeting reference to the canons of 18th and 19th century mainstream art, should now have lost their practical use and migrated to the museums. History cautions us not to think of pre-industrial America as a lost paradise; albums of 19th century photos like Wisconsin Death Trip remind us how brutish, crazed and short life could be in America then. But the folk art gathered in this show does counterbalance the pessimistic view with its vitality and awkward graces...
...occasional fluttering gesture, an odd grimace or two remind us, as well, of the great Tramp that was. Unfortunately, the spirit of that immortal, an archical figure does not even struggle to emerge from the portly, white-haired world figure and self-appointed deep-dish thinker who disports so uncomfortably before audiences with which he could not help knowing he had lost all connection...
Scrupulous Neutral. Meanwhile, South Vietnamese Foreign Minister Vuong Van Bac visited Saudi Arabia to remind King Faisal that on Middle East issues the Thieu government has been scrupulously neutral. The point was well taken, and South Viet Nam was certified as a customer. The Vietnamese would have to do their own contracting for the oil, but the U.S. could continue to pay for it at the higher prices. U.S. officials estimate that 10% of this year's $813 million in military aid for Viet Nam will flow into fuel...
...wrote a bestselling attack on the old prejudices called Warnings Against Rightist Culture. Three years ago, he founded the Japan Lefthanders League to encourage lefthanders to come out of the closet. Today the league's 1,500 members receive a monthly bulletin to boost their self-esteem and remind them of such famous lefties as Michelangelo and Harry Truman...