Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sense the anxiety of which she speaks. It is a fundamental unrest that arises because a basic artistic philosophy-originally formulated by the pop artists-now produces increasingly sterile new work. None of the mutants of the virile genus popus-such as op or earthworks or photographic realism-seem sufficiently robust to beget new species in their turn...
...treat their calling with gravity and decorum, at least in public. Privately, they may kid their colleagues mercilessly. Artists, on the other hand, like actors, regard their fellows as prime targets for public parody. Lately, works of art poking gentle, and occasionally savage fun at other works of art seem to be multiplying like guppies. Though these works sometimes look like literal copies, they are usually sly, even malicious comments about the nature of art and its relation to reality. John Clem Clarke's stylized version of Frans Hals' "St. Adrian Militia Company," which hangs in a downtown...
...folded. But mostly he will write fiction, which some of his meaner critics claim he's been doing all along anyway. It's touch and go whether the world of letters will shine brighter because Breslin is there, but it's a certainty that newspapers will seem greyer without...
Poor baseball. At a time when the sport badly needs to spruce up its image, the major-league teams seem incapable of even drumming up a lively game of toss. Last week, for the first time in the 93-year history of the major leagues, spring training opened to a mass boycott by the players...
...banks that succeed seem to do so by recruiting able management and making the local black community feel deeply involved. One problem is that many Negroes still feel more secure depositing their money with white bankers. This will be overcome in time, as education spreads. The longer-term danger is that, in their desire for safe profits, the black bankers may become overly prudent and turn down loans to the new Negro entrepreneurs who alone can turn the dream of "black capitalism" into a reality...