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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite the pro forma disclaimers, Woodward and Bernstein weave a brisk and convincing narrative in their sequel to the bestselling All the President's Men. They do not alter the broad outlines of the now-familiar drama of Watergate. But with their spare, police-beat style, they do manage to pin down each painful, often poignant detail as the curtain dropped on a collapsing President and an embittered staff...
...antiCommunist, the rail-thin Videla (his barracks nickname is El Hueso, the bone) will probably appoint a civilian Economy Minister who favors business and a Foreign Minister who supports strong ties with the U.S. For the moment, his main concern seems to be to avoid the kind of Chilean-style repression that might anger world opinion and frighten away foreign investors. Isabel herself may be allowed to fly into exile, probably to Spain; if she does stand trial, it is likely to be for a relatively minor offense, such as misuse of public funds...
Soon the swollen contours and lush col ors of paintings like Braque's Still Life with Pitchers, 1906, would give way to the austerities of cubism. The demands of more legible structure and more com plicated feeling drew Matisse away from the style he had largely invented. As Elderfield notes in the catalogue, "Matisse's ideal voluptuous world only fully emerged when Fauvism had ended, and could only be created by renouncing that part of it he felt to be excessive...
...listings that includes in a typical issue an index guide to 1,000-plus local events, critiques of nearly 80 films, as well as WFMT radio and public TV listings. Chicago runs occasional pieces of fiction and articles that cover everything from the Mafia to houseplants in a style that one reader describes as "funky, chic lakeside journalism...
...author's long hours spent on the water, hauling heavy "drudges" and sorting crabs as they scamper across a pitching deck have fostered a deep affection for the stoic, whimsical fisher folk. That feeling shines through Warner's retelling of Jaws-style crises spawned at "liar's bench" on the dock at Crisfield...