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Well, up to a point. To suppose the work is only a satire on an obsolete propagandist style is to miss its deadlier thrust. What K & M are getting at is not just totalitarian art, but official art as such. Stalin and the Muses-showing Clio, muse of history, presenting a volume for revision to the mustachioed god in his transcendent white military greatcoat-is "objectively" a hilarious spoof, done in clumsily tight parody of the 17th century grand manner. But then, if these sleek pictorial tropes are I so absurd when lavished on Stalin, why should they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Through the Ironic Curtain | 10/25/1982 | See Source »

...playing at Finn's center halfback spot, robbed the Big Green of a tying tally when she stopped a drive inches shy of the Crimson goal line. Minutes later. Trina Burnham, shifted to O'Neill's right halfback position, sped in front of a pass to parry another dangerous thrust...

Author: By Mike Knobler, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Stickwomen Triumph, 1-0 | 10/18/1982 | See Source »

...Iran's domestic situation becomes more chaotic, so does its international position. The surprise Iranian offensive against Iraq that began on July 13 has been repulsed, creating an unprecedented crisis of morale on the home front. Iranian army officers blame the failure of the military thrust, which was designed to bring down the Baathist regime of Iraqi

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran: Revolution Devouring Its Own | 9/27/1982 | See Source »

From the start of his campaign, Koch was logically declared a shoo-in: People throughout the state were familiar with the mayor simply because the nature of his office has routinely and frequently thrust him into the news over the last five years. And just months ago, he won a virtually unchallenged second term in city hall on both the Republican and Democratic tickets...

Author: By Frrel T. Louis, | Title: Big Apple Reaganomics | 9/27/1982 | See Source »

...freely to go its way in building more Jewish settlements in the occupied territories and, eventually, to incorporate them into Israel. The U.S. had never so interpreted the Camp David accords, and Reagan's plan more explicitly and forcefully than ever before showed the U.S. disapproval of Begin's thrust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Defiant No to Reagan | 9/20/1982 | See Source »

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