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...usual welter of abstract expressionist shows around Manhattan last week, the one at the Saidenberg Gallery stood out by reason of its quietness, tenderness and lack of pretension. Gyorgy Kepes (pronounced Keppish) is the first to concede that his work looks pale beside that of more "muscular" practitioners of abstract expressionism. Their art, he adds mildly, "is like therapy; in a desperate situation one has to hit at whatever there is to hit. But there is danger when the defense mechanism becomes a gesture that everyone uses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Abstract, but Romantic | 3/7/1960 | See Source »

...drug." Later the FTC suggested certain guide lines to assist the companies in documenting their claims, but let them use their own testing laboratories until the commission was able to develop a standard tar-and-nicotine test. The FTC never was able to establish a standard amid the welter of laboratory tests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOBACCO: End of the Tar Derby | 2/15/1960 | See Source »

...welter of confusion, inertia, committee meetings and high-minded oratory, three propositions last week seemed to be taking shape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: A New Tide | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

Despite the welter of conflicting testimony, however, the CRIMSON was able to reconstruct part of the story. Apparently a crew of 'Poon editors and candidates armed with New Haven vending licenses descended on the Connecticut city Saturday morning with the intention of distributing 3000 copies of their program...

Author: By Alexander Korns, | Title: Encounter With Yale Policemen Causes Conflict Between 'Poonies | 11/24/1959 | See Source »

...easy to lose a person in a welter of data," Dr. Bidwell notes, "but our main concern is for the individual." Students cannot be categorized into single groups, he feels, and thus the project definitely has a slant toward individuality. Although no final results can be expected for a few years, the new Unit B may soon produce some significant insights into the inter-relation of the individual and the College...

Author: By Claude E. Welch jr., | Title: Health Service Study Will Measure Psychological Effect of College Life | 11/4/1959 | See Source »

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