Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Wilbur's six previous volumes and introduces 27 new works. Included among these is On Freedom's Ground, a cantata written in collaboration with Composer William Schuman that was performed in New York City in 1986 to mark the Statue of Liberty's 100th birthday. That a serious poet would contribute his skill to a national celebration, throwing well-chosen words into the melee of fireworks, bumper stickers and beer, may seem surprising. Yet Wilbur's poetry has never drawn a sharp distinction between public and private occasions. The job of the poet, his work implies...
Beyond the whimsy, serious prices were paid for Warhol's elegant furniture and glistening jewels. During the art-deco sale, a dealer shelled out $418,000 for a pair of circa-1920 console tables designed by French Craftsman Pierre Legrain, a record for his work. Heart-shaped ruby-and-diamond earclips signed by Salvador Dali fetched $55,000. Sotheby's termed Warhol's collection of more than sixty 18th and 19th century chairs, tables, beds, mirrors, desks, sewing tables -- and even a doorway -- "the most important offering of American classical and Federal furniture to be sold at auction in many...
...promised veto could give the Democrats a potent issue in the presidential election campaign because the trade gap, which hit a record $171.2 billion last year, has become the most serious threat to economic prosperity. The monthly trade deficit has declined from a peak of $17.6 billion in October, but recent figures have been going in the wrong direction. A report released last month showing that the deficit jumped from $12.4 billion in January to $13.8 billion in February sent the financial markets into a brief panic. Continued deterioration of the trade balance could lead to a further drop...
...five- month- old uprising that has rocked the Israeli-occupied territories of Gaza and the West Bank. As head of the P.L.O.'s "western-sector command," he was in charge of the organization's support for the rebellion. Killing him, the Israelis believed, would deal the uprising a serious blow...
...first third of Wim Wenders' long, gorgeous, swoony, dead-serious fairy tale, the voices of today's Berlin rise like the choral symphony of a great city. Then, gradually, a few solo stories can be heard. An old man named Homer (Curt Bois) recalls the days, once upon a time, when a poet had listeners, drawn into a circle; now he has only solitary readers, unable to warm themselves at the long-ago communal campfire of art. A visiting Hollywood actor (Peter Falk) teaches a new friend some primal joys, simple things: "To smoke, have coffee...