Word: realist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...typical of Cheever, both as realist and fabulist, that his own roots are partly invented. As Novelist Ellison observes: "Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values...
...president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Jervis Langdon Jr., 59, is a realist as well as a third-generation railroader: he takes a train out on business trips but flies home to save time. To tempt other businessmen to ride the rails at least one way, Langdon's B. & O. last week announced a 31% cut in some first-class fares between Eastern cities and the Midwest. If the lure fails, the B. & O. will move to end its money-losing passenger service. This kind of pragmatism, coupled with assistance from the Chesapeake & Ohio that controls...
...aristocratic father and a cardinal friend are close advisers of the Pope. The cardinal (Fred Stewart) is a jovial, fleshy connoisseur of wine, rare flowers, and the chess game of international politics. "Trouble tempers dictators," he remarks after Hitler loses Stalingrad, and presses Father Riccardo to be a realist, since "the realist compromises." In his uncompromising way, the young priest finally sees Pius and begs him to damn Hitler openly. The Pope knows Hitler's wrongs, but he reminds Father Riccardo that "a diplomat must see with discretion...
NORA ORIOLI-D'Arcy, 1091 Madison Ave. at 82nd. Although she is known in her native Italy as a social realist, Nora Orioli seems more a pleasant genre painter, to judge from these picaresque and pastoral scenes that spring from lean, refracted layers of gloomy paint covered with glaze. Through...
RAYMOND MINTZ-Rehn, 36 East 61st. Mintz's landscapes abound with bold, nearly abstract forms, symbols of perpetual life and decay, but two figure paintings of excruciating delineation prove he has a realist's eye. Through...