Word: vu
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...quite serious. And that's because I have a job." The job is as editorial director of Conde Nast; he has been there in one position or another since 1941, when he escaped from Paris to New York and was hired by Lucien Vogel, on whose illustrated magazine Vu he had worked in the '30s. Some Liberman critics claim that his art exists mainly on a level of Parnassian chic, that he is "uncommitted," a designer of objects rather than a maker of acts and images. Indeed, Liberman is the antitype of "the American artist...
...their rivals off the slopes. At Murren. Switzerland, last week, the French speedsters won three events, to give their team a record total of 20 victories in 31 races so far this season. Says one jubilant French fan: "It's not a case of déjà vu but jamais vu...
Changes of the mood of the Faculty made more political activity impossible. As student demands became more radical, the Faculty members were settling in to solidify their gains. There was a sense of deja vu to the "non-negotiability" of the radical demands, and a more broad-based resentment to the increasing number of demands which the students were making...
...Winner. The leader of the Lotus Blossom slate is Vu Van Mau, 56, a law professor who served as Ngo Dinh Diem's Foreign Minister. "Thieu would like a military victory," says Mau. "But even the U.S. has said many times that there will be no winner or loser in Viet Nam. Therefore we must win peace." After last weekend's triumph, the Buddhists may decide to run pro-peace candidates for the presidency and the lower house next year...
Hanging loose apparently pays off; CSN&Y is about as popular as a U.S. rock group can be. Prior to its release two weeks ago, Déjà Vu had already earned $2,000,000 in advance orders -an unprecedented feat at Atlantic Records, which has also produced such bestselling artists as Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin and Cream. Not only that, the group's first LP won the "best new artists of 1969" award at the recent Grammy Awards, the record industry's version of the Oscars. Where were the boys while all the other new groups...