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"Minority student" is a label that Rodriguez dislikes and regrets having accepted for himself, first at Stanford, then as a graduate student at Columbia. By the time he won a Fulbright scholarship, he was in no way "socially disadvantaged." Yet in 1976, when fellow graduate students were scrounging for teaching...
This phase of his work-the so-called pittura metafisica-lasted until about 1918. Thereafter, De Chirico changed. He wanted to become, and almost succeeded in becoming, a classicist. He imagined himself to be the heir of Titian. Rejected by the French avantgarde, he struck back with disputatious critiques of...
Like the complex interactions within the atom, the volatile human forces at work on the planet earth may be able to maintain their dynamic equilibrium indefinitely. That will unquestionably require ever increasing wisdom and skillful management, as well as luck. Many more Americans are now beginning to think seriously about...
Haig soon became indispensable. As my deputy after the first year, he disciplined my anarchic tendencies and established coherence in a National Security Council staff of talented prima donnas. He acted as my partner, strong in crises, decisive in judgment, skillful in bureaucratic infighting, indefatigable in his labors.
Skillful as he is, Ayckbourn has not been totally successful in this, his 26th play. The primary problem is the character of Alistair, who is, despite appearances, the center around which everything turns: he is, the author seems to be saying, the country's true salvation-if he can...