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...unusual to see liberals and conservatives poised to battle it out on the floor of the House. In contrast, the ill-fated bipartisan proposal was a themeless pudding of a budget. Its guiding philosophy was a cynical renunciation of the long-standing principles of both parties. Much of the criticism leveled against the congressional backbenchers who rebelled against the pact claimed they were motivated by partisan excess. But it can be argued that the authors of the plan were not partisan enough. The White House abandoned the traditional Republican hostility to funding ineffective domestic spending programs. The Democratic leadership surrendered...
...Reagan's rather perfunctory rendition of these goals did little to reassure the groups involved. Moreover, his dutiful nods in their direction and his menu of proposals only riled up his core conservative constituents. Wrote Columnist William Safire, who in the past has supported Reagan: "The themeless pudding called this year's State of the Union address was a series of banalities intended to ingratiate the President with his political opposition; instead, this worst of Reagan speeches invited the grinning contempt it received...
...have eyes, you don't much mind the visual digressions Mann makes from his threadbare plot. Themeless though he would appear (by contrast to Antonioni, whose images contribute so much to characterization), and gratuitous though his beautiful compositions may be, Mann has done an exceptional piece of work...
Then came a wry event. Abstract paintings by a fiery Catalonian named Antoni Tàpies won a prize for Spain at the Venice Biennale, followed by first prize at the Carnegie International. It dawned on Madrid that themeless abstractions have no power to topple a government but could serve to speak to the world of a more modern, talented and open Spain...
Handsomely situated among the lofty old pines of Sokolniki Park, a former czarist preserve, the fair is a wonderful, themeless serving of American science, technology and culture...