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...seem to have little function except to disguise inert painting. After the challenging stringencies of painting in the 1970s, artists and buyers are in the mood for a little fun. But a flood of gimmicky borders may send them fleeing back to the pleasures of the unembellished edge, and remind them that, after all, the main event is on the canvas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Returning to the Frame Game | 12/3/1984 | See Source »

...crowd's most enthusiastic response, however, was to a thinly-veiled Kerry threat to Reagan appointees for the Supreme Court. "I will work with Senator [Edward M.] Kennedy ['54 (D-Mass.)] to remind President Reagan that it is the United States Senate that confirms Supreme Court Justices," he told a cheering crowd, emphasizing "the U.S. Senate and not Jerry Falwell...

Author: By Michael F.P. Dorning and Charles C. Matthews, S | Title: Little Suspense at Senate Parties . . . | 11/7/1984 | See Source »

...surprisingly, Humphrey, a quiet man whose glowering looks remind one of that saying about Calvinists--that they were obsessed by the thought that someone somewhere might be having a good time--has spouted "Reagan" at every opportunity. In a certain sense, Humphrey doesn't need to do that he was a member of the New Right long before Jerry Falwell got the notion that the choice of two Supreme Court justices was up to him. Humphrey even voted against President Reagan's first budget. He thought the budget cuts should be bigger...

Author: By Paul DUKE Jr., | Title: New Hampshire Senate Race | 11/3/1984 | See Source »

Galbraith said that "it is a time to remind all people that Indian democracy is a solid and durable thing I'm sure this will be made evident in the months and years ahead...

Author: By Paull E. Hejinian, | Title: Harvard Professors Speculate About India's Political Future | 11/1/1984 | See Source »

...that Canetti's play revolves around death is an understatement. From the characters' names--or more aptly, their numerals--to the dated capsules they wear around their neck as reminders of their limited lifespans, the play focuses relentlessly on the passage of time. And if these tangible elements aren't enough to remind the audience that death is just a footstep away, the characters' conversations--which, at least in the first half, transpire in brief vignettes--are ample evidence of Canetti's preoccupation with his own mortality...

Author: By David H. Pollock, | Title: Mid-Life Crisis | 10/30/1984 | See Source »

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