Word: spites
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Well, you could say, the government had to do what it did, it had to bust us so it could keep functioning. You're right, of course, if you say that, the government did have to arrest us, did have to stay open in spite of a large number of its citizens, and every one of us who went to Washington was prepared to go to jail...
...concluded his lecture by reiterating the importance of purpose. 'When you find that purpose, nothing should stop you. In spite of all difficulties you should go ahead... You should go after that purpose at the sacrifice of everything; because when the sacrifice is great the gain in the end gives greater power and greater inspiration...
...talk of constructing a shopping center under a Buckminster Fuller geodesic dome which would be air-conditioned to offset temperatures that reach 125°. Another problem to be overcome is the water shortage. Yehoshua Shapiro, the Caravan Hotel manager, who wears a jacket, tie and cuff links in spite of the heat, says: "We get our water by tank truck from a military desalination plant down the road. If the tanker breaks down, we're in trouble." Even so, Shapiro intends to settle permanently in Sharm el Sheikh. So do many of his staff. When I asked my waiter...
...spirit are gratifying. Catching the student in the act of becoming an artist is. however, a depressing experience. The show has an admirable scope: it includes photography, handicrafts as well as oils and graphics. Adventurous use is made of diverse materials like wool, metal. wood, and plastic. But, in spite of the exhibit's range and diversity, it contains few stirring and competently executed works of art. You have to wonder if the fine artists were rejected, or if they even exist...
HAMPERED by technical and inspirational weaknesses, few of the works seem to be the products of organic creation, springing in spite of the creator from any powerful impulse. Yet clearly the reason for the exhibit's mediocrity is Harvard's fault. Artistic creation of a non-professional, non-commercial sort is barely acknowledged here, hardly encouraged. One Fine Arts basic life-drawing course for credit would have redeemed this show. But Harvard offers no such studio course. So students are forced to engage in mechanistic, intellectual exercises at the Visual Studies Department, which are legitimate but necessarily design-oriented...