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...first signs of Tito's new turn appeared a little more than a year ago. His country was hit simultaneously by a shattering economic crunch and an outbreak of Croatian nationalism violent enough to stir fears that the Yugoslavian Federation might soon break up in tribal chaos. Evidently convinced that he had to restore tight, centralized control, Tito turned to the party, the only institution in the country, outside of the army, that could enforce order and discipline. Ever since, the party has been struggling to regain the central role in Yugoslavia's political and economic life that...
...BOOK OF DANIEL is an incendiary work, it deals with crucial socials issues thoughtfully and passionately, But it failed to raise much of a stir when it first appeared two years ago, and the reasons for this are not irrelevant to a consideration of the novel's worth...
Names. High as the Rousseau's price was, it made no stir in Japan's suddenly febrile art market, which is a reflection of the country's prosperity. One of Hasegawa's neighbors in the Ginza, the Yoshii Gallery, sold a Rouault oil to a collector for $2.6 million last year, and Japan's new passion for Western painting has been reflected in similarly inflated prices all the way down the line. Works by the old reliables of the Paris School-Chagall, Modigliani, Renoir, Picasso-many of inferior quality and some of them outright fakes...
...night before Christmas, all through the William Richardson house in Ross, Calif., there will be quite a stir. Besides trimming the tree and wrapping presents, the Richardsons will be waxing their skis, dusting off their boots and packing the Volkswagen camper. Richardson, 36, business manager of a private school near San Francisco, has taken his wife and four children to the Sierras, five hours away, every winter for the past six years. As usual, the preparations began in October, when the Richardsons attended a "ski swap" and exchanged with others the gear that the children had outgrown. The Richardsons...
...shots her youngest son at her funeral. This is her final gift to her children, rather than a reproof. Like Ozu, she realizes that, in modern Japan, they have neither the time no the means to serve their parents, their ancestors, their family traditions. Her quiet death creates little stir, and is over so quickly that the inconvenience to her family is minimal. Left alone in the end, her husband is still surrounded by the rich web of time Ozu has managed to weave by his story. The family never speaks of "dying"; the term they use is "not living...