Word: beens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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IN THE ARTS, as in politics and economics, there was a growing sense that the old order was dying; for the first time in our lives, we perceived the future as an enemy rather than as a source of unbounded optimism. Whether the decline in standards reflected the national malaise...
The popular uprising, of course, takes the from of the public's refusal to patronize these arts, a tactic that, given today's tight supply on arts funding from government, foundations and corporations, is virtually certain to eventually succeed. Already progress is visible: architects, for instance, abandoned the traditional steel...
That the U.S. does not recognize the legitimacy of the Iranians' demands that the Shah be tried in his country is as violent an act on their national sovereignty as it is a violence to the sovereignty of the U.S. to have its citizens held as hostages. A magazine has...
The Metal-Workers Union, the second largest in Sweden, has been involved in many experiments in "industrial democracy" on the shop-floor during the past decade. These include the famous experiments with both Saab-Scania and Volvo which aimed to abolish the assembly line in favor of group assembly in...
I am, of course, very proud to have been invited to speak here at Harvard. I was even a bit nervous coming here. I have had people come up to me and say that this is a really important speech. Don't foul it up.