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Unfair on the Face. The wild Georgia scene was the direct result of a milestone Supreme Court decision handed down only four days before. The court was dealing with a Georgia case, Wesberry v. Sanders. The plaintiffs were residents of Georgia's Fifth District - which includes Atlanta and, until the legislative action that came later in the week, had a population...
Appearance v. Reality. After taking her B.F.A. at the State University of Iowa, which is turning out many able young figurative artists (among others: John Paul Jones, Jane Wilson), Chicago-born Joyce Treiman (she rhymes it with Freeman) plunged into abstract expressionism six years ago but soon wearied of its "idealized anonymity." Suddenly, she says, she rediscovered "the particular human being, the singular gesture, the individual-not the hero." She started watching people, even hiring models to avoid painting cliche anatomy, sketching particular faces and gestures that, says she, "somehow find their way" into her pictures. But her figures...
...while many big airlines are losing money on the North Atlantic run, Icelandic turns a handsome profit. Chief reason: its fares are so low that its planes fly with the highest load factor of any Atlantic carrier-80% v. 42% for Air France and 52% for Pan American...
...Severe Disadvantages. The landmark Griffin v. Illinois decision held that constitutional rights were violated by a state law under which defendants had to purchase a transcript of the trial be fore they could appeal to a higher court...
...members from the communications companies, six from the public, and three named by the President. Comsat will be run by its $125,000-a-year chairman and chief executive officer, Leo D. Welch, 65, former Jersey Standard chairman, and its $80,000-a-year president, Dr. Joseph V. Charyk, 43, a brilliant physicist and former Air Force under secretary...