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...fact that people who have a vivid memory of the horrors of World War II are able to laugh heartily and without uneasiness at this character is a curious phenomenon. If he were obviously a caracature, an unbelievable reductio ad absurdum of certain germanic traits, it would be easier to understand. But Werfel's Colonel, while perhaps exaggerated, is nevertheless real; and the qualities we all find so amusing were terrorizing the world for six years...
...best yet released in America of fabled Sviatoslav Richter (TIME, June 16), probably the most versatile, widest-ranged pianist alive. Equaling Horowitz's technique, Rubinstein's poetry, Serkin's sensitivity, he makes even Saint Saens' Piano Concerto No. 5, on the other side, seem vivid and important...
...records two vivid and poignant modern samples of ravaged Roman: General Stilwell's World War II motto, "Illegitimati non carborundum [Don't let the bastards grind you down],' and Adlai Stevenson's classic cry of anguish, "Via oviciptum dura est [The way of the egghead is hard...
...canvas the very essence of human experiencing. That is what we mean when we say [as Pollock used to] 'to get into the painting.' There is nothing detached or eccentric about our work. It is a total commitment, and once expressed on canvas, it represents the most vivid and dramatic expression of the human image possible-ourselves...
Once the three directors were convinced of the validity of their theme, they made a careful selection of artists, visited studios, often insisted on a particular painting. They decided on two free-form spontaneous doodles by the late Jackson Pollock, violent outbursts of vivid colors by Willem de Kooning, a melancholic mood piece by Grace Hartigan, harshly contrasting patterns by Richard Pousette-Dart. They added four morbidly humorous, squashed-face portraits by France...