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...nuclear freeze. His main concern, he said, was finding a balance between "national power and security on the one hand and long-term human survival on the other." Recalls a congressional friend and colleague, Representative Tom Downey of New York: "Al worked harder than everyone and shone brighter than everyone...
Millennial expectations at the beginning of this century brightened, however, and for a while shone with optimism and self-confidence. The 1939 World's Fair (just before Hitler marched into Poland) was organized around the sleek theme, "Building the World of Tomorrow." In 1965 (just before the Vietnam War began in earnest), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences brought together its "Commission on the Year 2000." The chairman, sociologist Daniel Bell, declared, "The problem of the future consists in defining one's priorities and making the necessary commitments." In other words, as Barkun observes, "We get the future...
Brief Notes: Harvard junior half-back Esan Simon saw significant play time for the first time this season. The 5'10", 170-lbs. halfback shone in the waning moments of the fourth quarter, proving himself a speedy and intelligent runner. Simon collected 26 yards on three attempts...Senior tight end Read Hubbard made his brief, but expected, receiving performance Saturday, putting in another fine performance. The senior recorded 56 yards on three receptions. By the way, when is Restic going to start using this guy some more?...Strangely enough, Harvard led Holy Cross in possession time Saturday. Harvard held...
Americans shone in other events. Triple-jumper Mike Conley's record leap led a U.S. medal parade, with baseline players and counterpunchers joining the track and field crowd in a successful day for the United states...
...fact, Guercino did not have Reni's breathtaking skill as a painter. But he was not afflicted by Reni's sentimentality either, and where he shone, as this compact and rewarding show makes clear, was in the act of drawing. By comparison with his preparatory drawings, Guercino's final paintings are quite often labored and stodgy. It is the drawings that contain his finest and most spontaneously registered perceptions, and fortunately many survive. George III, an avid collector, acquired nearly 350 of them, of which 60 are in the Drawing Center's show, and this can be only a fraction...