Word: welters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...jeeringly antisocial comment of pop, far more alive and sprightly than two dimensional op. Yet, like op, it often seems to be all surface and no content. In part, the problem lies in the novelty of the art and the difficulty its practitioners find in rising above the welter of technological gimmickry. But, unless some way is found to build luminal constructions far more durable than the present variety, museums in the year 2500 are going to be even more strapped for examples of 20th century light art than museums today are for genuine Leonardos...
Manchester indulges himself in a welter of detail so massive, confusing, and personal that one is forced to gape instead of emphathize--or remember. The poignant moments--like John Kennedy Jr.'s salute to his dead father outside of St. Matthew's Cathedral--are preserved. Utterly absurd events are related as well, but Manchester won't allow them to stand for themselves. He adds his own brand of brutal interpretation. He spends, for example, eight pages relating the difficulty Kennedy's staff had when they attempted to leave Parkland Hospital with the President's body and return quickly to Washington...
...states and cities, indissolubly wedded to the Great Society, have discovered to their chagrin that most of its distributive mechanisms-its knees and elbows-are glued together by a welter of rigid and overlapping legislation...
...Enough for All. Johnson's evocation of the New Deal seemed appropriate during a week in which he was busily urging action in vast areas of American life. In his message dealing mainly with air pollution, he called for a welter of other conservation and beautification measures as well. Next day he asked Congress to increase benefits to servicemen, veterans and Government employees in war zones by $250 million a year. At the same time, he was readying a major message on crime for a presentation this week...
...today's fiercely competitive music market, contests have become a way of life. Virtually cut off from conductors, many of whom are too busy to wade through the welter of new works, struggling young composers have discovered that one quick way to command attention is to win a musical joust. One of the most impressive of such champions is England's Wilfred Josephs; by winning the $5,000 top prize in the first La Scala competition with his Requiem, he gained international recognition and the sweet satisfaction of having conductors court him for a change...