Word: sag
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shelves sag with Marxist thought, corners devoted to the master, Engels, Lenin, even Stalin. A chart on the wall, querying, "How Many Hands Wield the Revolutionary Worker?" chronicles the number of party newspapers sold each week. And Revolution Books, just outside Central Square, serves as local headquarters for the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP). The press conference is conducted from two sofas and a couple of chairs in the middle of the bookstore. A press conference without press, save one Harvard Crimson reporter, and he looks bored. To interest him, a local party publicist reads some statements of support...
DIED. Alexander Brook, 81, American painter; of a heart attack; in Sag Harbor, N.Y. Ignoring the later popularity of abstract expressionism, Brook relentlessly pursued the realistic style and romantic mood that brought him early success in the '20s and informed his work-graceful nudes, broad, brooding landscapes, portraits of young girls caught in somber moods. Said he: "My approach is immediate. I try to maintain that first quick impression, that first quick look...