Word: vigor
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...design rather than an imaginary view. A pattern in the wallpaper might come forward to take equal authority with a fruitbowl on a table. He saw women as outlines-a grace, a structure of volume, a presence in a landscape-and abandoned nuances of flesh tones in favor of vigor of composition. Perhaps as much as Picasso, he altered the course of modern perception...
...Government. In a period when the demands on Congress for innovation multiplied, McCormack balked at change. When the Democrats lost the White House and looked to Congress for leadership, McCormack had none to offer. At a time when all political institutions and leaders were being challenged to prove their vigor and flexibility, McCormack came to be a symbol of Congress's flaws, of its arthritic seniority system and quirky procedures. No House Speaker has voluntarily retired to private life since 1903. When McCormack announced last week that after 42 years he would leave Congress...
Peking's most recent demonstration of renewed foreign-policy vigor has been its sponsorship of Prince Sihanouk and his "government" in exile. China's unwontedly fast footwork has left Moscow in a bind. Because Sihanouk's regime was, as U.S. Secretary of State William Rogers put it, "incubated and hatched in Peking," Moscow is reluctant to recognize it. Instead, the Soviets have urged some vague "joint action" by Moscow and Peking in Indochina. The Chinese were having none of that, so the Russians last week countered with a concerted attack on Mao and his policies...
...conscious vigor of Agnew's criticism [May 11] has expanded to include University of Michigan President Robben Fleming, along with other university presidents, student protesters, admission policies, parents who have read Dr. Spock and progressive preachers, not to mention any number of implied targets. All this under the guise of roasting marshmallows to give them tough coats. Perhaps in 1972, the marshmallows will have their own version of a roast...
Like T. S. Eliot, with whom he has a deep affinity, Stravinsky always worked to burn through the opiates and aphrodisiacs which unremittingly encumber clear, precise thought. He reiterates the lesson of all great artists, that vigor comes from continuity, from the regenerative originality which only a sense of history as present in every living moment can nurture. He has been free to pursue his own thought because he has been quick to admit the timeless creativity of Monteverdi, Gesualdo, and Bach. A musical convention is a point of departure rather than a creative surrender. Stravinsky's music has always...