Word: shiftings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Richard Diebenkorn's recent drawings signal a notable shift...
...lives. Yet there was nothing veering or arbitrary about the changes in his approach. Diebenkorn has always been a man of tenacity, deeply conscious of the tradition he works in and the homages to other art that it entails, and he does nothing lightly. When his work shifts, the shift means something. One sees this happening in the current show of Diebenkorn's work in progress, a group of 50 drawings, mostly in gouache and crayon, that went on view last week at Knoedler in New York...
...Harvard international affairs experts noted a shift toward moderation in President Reagan's first-year foreign policy initiatives as compared with the hard-line stance of his campaign rhetoric, but voiced reservations about whether the change has had pronounced effect on the administration's global strategy...
John S. Odell, assistant professor of Government, said he did not believe the President's shift from conservative campaign rhetoric to moderation in foreign affairs was significant, adding that he did not see any real trend toward moderation...
...policy shift was announced by the Treasury Department, but it was clear that it had been okayed by top officials at both the Justice Department and the White House. Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Fein explained that after re-examining the issue, the Administration could find nothing in the "plain language" of the IRS code or the history of the legislation that justified the denial of the tax exemptions. Veteran Civil Rights Attorney Joseph Rauh thought otherwise. "This was a sop to the right-wingers," he said. "The law is very clear that you can't give a direct...