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Mark Rothko, D.F.A., artist. In your paintings, you have attained a visual and spiritual grandeur whose foundation is the tragic vein in all human existence...
...fall. He had just had a heart attack three days before that, but he seemed to be stronger now. His face looked healthy; it had a tautness and tone that I hadn't seen for a long time. When I first saw him at Preservation Hall, every muscle and vein in his face tensed and pulsed with his music...
...they saw them, the students substantiated the Juniors' charges agains President Quincy and added one of their own: that Quincy actually told Barnwell when he arrived at Harvard that he did not like his attitude, and he had better watch out. In the end they commented in a vein of fairness "that the fault lies by no means upon the students alone. . . . We cannot but think that the renewal of the disturbances was owing to a want of discretion on the part of the President...
...correctly pointed out the reasons why white liberals yearn for the Martin Luther King image rather than that of Malcolm X-self-interest. And your statement that "white Americans are well advised to provide every ounce of help they can" is in the same vein. What you only underscore in a parenthesis ("whites really choose black leaders") and in a reference to "white racism" is the much deeper problem. The crucial difference between King and Malcolm was that until shortly before his death, King was saying "Look, whitey, move over and let us have some of what...
...Twain Vein. The Smotherses were obviously trying to draw CBS into open battle. Dick was at an auto show in New York, but Tom began the week by traveling to Toronto to watch the show on the independent Canadian TV network. Next day he flew to New York to screen the program for newsmen. Ironically, it was one of the Smotherses' best-produced shows, featuring Tommy and Singer Nancy Wilson in a parody of Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald ditties, several lively musical numbers, and ending with a tribute to Martin Luther King (not one of the networks...