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We come from an expansive, an intimate, culture that has long been judged second-rate by the U.S. Out of pride as much as affection, we are reluctant to give up our past. Our notoriety in the U.S. has been our resistance to assimilation. The guarded symbol of Hispanic-American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Fear of Losing a Culture | 7/11/1988 | See Source »

Because his early interior plans are plotted out in extraordinary detail, Predock wins over big institutional clients despite his New Age enthusiasms. When he presented his design for a $24 million California State Polytechnic University Pomona project to the competition jury, for instance, he included floor-by-floor maps of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: An Architect for the New Age | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

But Kennedy is right to point out that the 1990s will be a critical period for American foreign policy, when overseas commitments must be brought in line with domestic resources. His thesis is a compelling one, and retains much of its force despite the shortcomings noted above. The Rise and...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: The Twilight's Last Gleaming | 2/13/1988 | See Source »

In general the Japanese in Paris were conservative in their taste, preferring as models Renoir and Monet to Picasso. Some of the high points of this show are conservative in the best sense, such as Kishida Ryusei's superrefined Still Life (Three Red Apples, Cup, Can, Spoon), 1920, in which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Japanese with A French Accent | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

The best that can be said for it is that it is, in a way, a triumphant synthesis of individualism and collective cooperation. I-95: a sort of Outward Bound for drivers.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Separate Reality on I-95 | 11/30/1987 | See Source »

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