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...Joseph Apie is the baby, and the truest, rawest talent of them all. The dudes on his block in Spanish Harlem have seen Apie on television and they think he is righteous because he is doing something honorable. "I want to be here till the cathedral is finished," he says. "I know the stone will be here for thousands of years. People will come and look and marvel. Sometimes I finish a job and I say 'Wow!' and I sing to the stone...
...innovator is revealed in The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler (Yale; two volumes; $150). In a way, these volumes, edited by four art historians, represent the truest kind of biography, for the decades have worn away old enmities, and what remains is the record of a genius who grew from American prodigy to European master. The attractive work should win the painter a new audience, and therefore deserves an alternative title: The Gentler Art of Making Friends...
From boyhood on, he made few friends because he was so aloof and acerbic. He lost the only woman he loved (Aideen O'Kelly) by making her feel like an intellectual donkey. He has squelched his wife (Helen Stenborg) and berated his truest friend (Pat Hingle) for being a boozy buffoon...
...dauntless fox hunter of ideas. Drawn to the aviator, Kipp's Hypatia is more coquette than carnivore in her pursuit.While the clever flow of the Shavian line defies damming. Director Christopher Newton permits intellectual comedy to be diverted into farce. No matter how funny Shaw may be, his truest punch line is moral passion. - T.E.K
...business interests that might be called "the Anderson deference." In this respect, he is no different from the other Republicans. At the end of his basic speech he acknowledges that in the future, "our best bet is conservation through more fuel-efficient cars, homes and factories. Conservation in its truest sense does not even have to mean sacrifice; it can actually save us money." Accomplishing the desirable levels of efficiency in transportation, construction and industry is out of the hands of the average consumer. But Anderson's conservative reluctance to let the federal government spend money on massive programs...