Word: things
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Whitney Museum's Biennial, which opened last week, is not a real salon. It is too closely preselected for that; entrance is by invitation only. Nonetheless, since 1932 it has been the closest thing to a salon that New York City has had. At least some of the names in the 1979 exhibition−which includes 110 objects by 56 painters and sculptors, along with programs of film and video work by 32 other artists−are not likely to be known to most museum visitors. What the five curators who chose the show have given...
...Soviet pressed a Marxist tract into Lambert's hand. "It is written," he said, "that winning isn't the only thing−it is everything...
Carter retreated to Camp David to think. Then he called a press conference. "We will settle this thing once and for all," he smiled. "We will invite them to"−and here he picked up a shiny white object and began tossing it with one hand−"a game of baseball...
...writes at least eight hours a day, banging out manuscripts at a phenomenal 90 words a minute. Unconcerned with literary style, Asimov concentrates instead on clarity. The result is a manuscript that can usually be taken from the typewriter to the typesetter. His publishers, who know a good thing when they see it, welcome his work, from which they have made millions over the years...
...stumbling around in the dark. The author knows his way around the physical and biological sciences, and he manages to set a pace that will neither intimidate beginners nor cause those with a little knowledge to yawn. Science Authority Asimov's no-nonsense prose style is rarely a thing of beauty, but it conveys facts with a minimum of obfuscation; what is more, his curiosity and enthusiasm are infectious. The term popularizer has attracted some shady connotations, but the Asimov of this book deserves none of them. He is a popularizer in the best sense: someone who brings knowledge...