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...correctness on the arts in general. To Croce, a conservative, a work of art should be judged by its realization of truth and beauty, not its adaptability to an agenda. Coming just when Newt and Co. are threatening to zero out federal arts funding, the piece was a lightning rod in the arts community...
...maybe this time he would use the remote control as a divining rod for sports, paging all channels in search of something mutually agreeable. The Braves on TBS, the NHL on Sportschannel America, college basketball everywhere...these were the mainstream diversions, but if the World Nine-Ball championships came on ESPN late at night, we might have watched that too, at least for a while...
Contributors: Robert Ball, Christopher Ogden, Frederick Painton, Anthony Spaeth, George M. Taber, Rod Usher...
Powell's endorsement of the military's ban on homosexuals at first made him a lightning rod for campus criticism. Rudenstine had actually argued against the choice, but was forced to defend it publicly...
Contributors: Robert Ball, Christopher Ogden, Frederick Painton, Anthony Spaeth, George M. Taber, Rod Usher...