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...would be an excellent time for a look at the artists behind the work of sixties, now when the more formalist work of that period is coming under increasing attack and other tendencies are being reemphasized. A series of recent critical forays have taken the formalists to task. Harold Rosenberg's The De-Definition of Art attacks the whole notion of a unified New York School in general and the minimal aesthetic of Frank Stella and others specifically. Its author was one of the original champions of "action painting"--of Pollock and the early abstract expressionists. And Leo Steinberg, perhaps...
...relatively little protest was raised on their behalf. Even when the Courts verdict linked the couple to a pair of state's witnesses as fellow members of a sustaining which (supposedly) delivered nuclear society to the Soviet Union, no liberals or CP members disputed the judgement expect for the Rosenbergs themselves. Only after the trial's impression of conclusiveness wore out did many left politicos take action. They tried to associate the Rosenbergs with Sacco and Vanzetti and Major Drevtus, rhetorically capitalizing on the couples politics and Judaism. They petitioned the governments for leniency, and staged mercy pageants featuring...
...Rosenbergs probably were guilty of some clandestine activity, to be sure. But this in no way explains the depth of the reactions they drew forth. Leslie Fiedler (Encounter, Oct. '53) correctly portrayed Rosenberg defenders as thirties CP members who either had lapsed in their beliefs and thought they needed to guarantee innocence in the ranks, or those who still believed in the Soviet way and claimed the Rosenbergs' innocent in an extralegal sense...
MassPIRG is already operating in 12 states besides Massachusetts. "It is unfortunate if Harvard says no," Rosenberg said, "become the organization will go ahead without...
...Refunds will be available to students who do not wish to participate." Rosenberg aid, "and if their numbers equal half the college, the program will automatically be dropped...