Word: trends
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...proficiency test in physical ability. Those passing the test are allowed to elect any activity offered in the large athletics program, while those who fail are assigned to special exercise classes. Organized sports range from table tennis to wrestling, and expert coaching is available to all students. A recent trend has been towards increased emphasis on golf, tennis, and other sports considered useful after college...
...Professor at Chicago University and author of "The Road to Serfdom," said that whereas English law from the 16th to the beginning of the 20th century had been based on treating all citizens alike, it was now based on discrimination among citizens to effect social policies. He decried this trend, illustrating his contentions with quotations ranging from Greek to contemporary English sources...
...doubted," he explained, "that the goals of the Welfare State and the defense of Western civilization can be attained simultaneously. One will inevitably crowd the other down in our budget during the next decade. It is my belief that the Republicans will slow up the trend toward Big Government and inefficient, swollen bureaucracy, and achieve a more inspiring military posture abroad...
Back to the Body. The final portion of the show spans the past 15 years, and there Ritchie finds his back-to-the-body trend. There are two recent statues by old Cubist Pablo Picasso. One is a touching figure of a Shepherd Holding a Lamb, the other a small Owl sitting wise and silent. There are some late sculpture by such militant moderns as Jacques Lipchitz and Henri Laurens, and they too seem to be getting more natural-even Henry Moore's recent lumps and holes look more like people. Finally, Ritchie shows statues by two Italians...
...Chicago before bringing his show to Manhattan next spring, is not sure just why artists are finding the human form more interesting. He thinks the war may have shocked artists out of their preoccupation with geometry and generalizations. And he doesn't know how long the new trend will last. All he can do is sit back and watch the chips fly. Says he: "You just have to wait for the artist to go where he wants...