Word: shuting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...beach I walk is like most others. The waves churn up the sounds of eternity; the sand speaks of ephemera and decay. I see all the usual symbols and have all the usual reactions. According to Nevil Shute, we were destined to destroy ourselves and wind up On the Beach, and may yet. The possibility seems remote tonight. This is more like Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach," on which the occurrence of an earth-jolting discovery awakens thoughts of self-examination, self-location, a touch of resolve...
CONTRASTS How to respond to formal Italian architecture? Ambassador Reginald Bartholomew turned to early American works like Portrait of a Woman, attributed to Ruth W. Shute...