Word: see
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...scaly truth is that taste changes; and an anthology of writings on Reni at the end of the catalog charts his fall. You see the first puff of feathers detach itself from the wing of the Angelic Limner in 1846, when John Ruskin lets fly in Modern Painters: "A taint and stain, and jarring discord . . . marked sensuality and impurity." In 1895 Romain Rolland downed him: "He was able to deceive two entire centuries . . . Guido's laborious conscientiousness is void of thought and true feeling." Two years later, Bernard Berenson wrung his neck: "We turn away from Guido Reni with disgust...
...letter, kind of choked up. It was a beautiful thing that the girl had petitioned her President and that in some way we were at least able to respond. When I mentioned her later in this big auditorium full of the cheering best and the brightest, I could see some of the parents nodding. The President can give some encouragement to somebody like that...
There are some differences ((between being Vice President and President)). When you go up to Pennsylvania you see the people out along the streets clapping. Not for George Bush, but out of respect for the presidency. Something very moving about that, and that's different. There's still a certain respect for the institutions in this country. In this job you feel it more...
...went with ((Hosni)) Mubarak walking down the ((White House)) stairs, and I said to him, "I want you to see a little touch of our democracy. This house is the people's house." And we walked. I said, "Let's not go in the elevator. At this time of day there are tourists. I don't know who they are, but I'll guarantee you they're from all over our country." And I stopped on the stairs and said, "This is the President of Egypt." The ((people)) were calling, "Hi, George...
King Hussein was with us at Mount Vernon. It was wonderful to see him participating in our democracy by shaking hands with the school kids and teachers. They were yelling, "Hey, King!" It was a marvelous thing...