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...both the objects they made for themselves in the 7th-6th centuries B.C., and the ones they later had made for them by Greek metalsmiths?was supremely visual: accurate observation combined with an amazing clarity of design. The panther hammered from a sheet of gold and worn as a shield ornament in the late 7th or early 6th century B.C. contains, in its bulging, simplified planes, all the rhythmical vitality one might expect from Cubist sculpture: an epigram of predatory sinew translated into metal...
...remain flexible and open to the suggestions of many groups at Harvard and in the community. Instead, Andrew F. Brimmer, chairman of the board, has issued a hastily written, ill-conceived reply to proposals submitted by the DuBois Institute Student Coalition. Brimmer's letter is a vain attempt to shield the board from debate and potential controversy...
Camcar Mon Palace and is surrounded by toadying sycophants who have encouraged him to hang onto power and shield him from bad news. A dialogue with the President has often assumed a sense of unreality. TIME Correspondent David Aikman reported this recent exchange between Lon Nol and Lieut. General Saukam Khoy, president of Cambodia's Senate and Lon Nol's most likely successor...
...University politics which I was afforded (and the complaints I was privy to) gave two lasting impressions; it was generally petty and generally bitter. The occasional shiftless or dishonest fellow administrator was perhaps more aggravating than students, who were at least sincere. But these administrators hid behind a shield of respectability unavailable to students. While students felt they had to work outside the system, some administration felt they could go underneath...
...imposing knight in polyurethane padding as he crouches before the goal, ready to strike out in any direction with glove, skates or oversized stick. But behind his ghostly synthetic face, he is still vulnerable. No padding or mask that leaves him free to move can fully shield him from the potentially lethal blow of a slap shot or misguided stick. Danger is his way of life...