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...days of Ramses II was running out. Egypt was slowly overcome by an ennui that made her powerless to stop the conquering hordes of Libyans, Ethiopians, Assyrians, Persians, Greeks and Romans, who swept into the Nile Valley like a rampaging flood. But foreign domination for a time pumped new vigor into Egypt's tired blood. Sculptors gradually began to escape from the sterility of pyramid sculpture and, subjected to freshening outside influences, introduced a new vitality and plasticity into their own work that suggested the classical sculpture of their Greek conquerors. This week the Brooklyn Museum is gathering...
...Republican candidate should denounce the support of the political parsons with as much vigor and decision as that with which Abraham Lincoln disowned Know-Nothing support...
...deux from Swan Lake. The troupe also leapt and lassoed its way through the Aaron Copland and Agnes de Mille ballet Rodeo and George Balanchine's abstract Theme and Variations, set to Tchaikovsky music. The Russians admired Tallchief and Bruhn, were politely confused by the unclassic vigor of the American originals, but clapped the entire company back for six curtain calls after their debut...
...poetry itself. Aside from bits of writing that sound like Biblical commercials, Gorwin's commentary is serviceable. Helped by Guitarist Clark Allen and an opening night appearance by Sandburg himself-who received a standing ovation-the two stars offer a sound recital. Leif Erickson has the right vigor and directness, and if Bette Davis substitutes very high-styled authority for homespun warmth, this is probably all to the good-the real danger was not toughness but tremolo...
This is a problem which has been attacked with vigor and courage on a state level by the progressive administrations of many individual states, notably New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Oregon, and a handful of other states. While progress has been made, the reluctance of other states to follow suit, and the inability of these leading states to create truly effective interstate agreements on such vital issues as adequate minimum wages, housing, health safeguards, transportation, child care and education has made federal action essential...