Word: containment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...selection of oils and watercolors at Busch-Reisinger this month looks especially good. Feininger's ocean canvases contain all the architecture of his cathedral paintings. Their crispness remains taut and concise without suffering that mechanical rigor mortis which lurked in such abundance in the ranks of the Bauhaus. If this is German art, it is German in the sense that it pursues the kind of gentle lyricism which illuminates the music of Haydn, and in that it follows the path of classical rectitude which soars so in Bach. Happily, these works are devoid of the more histrionic and sentimental aspects...
...difficult to accept; to be sure, Marlowe sometimes mentions--and conveys--the dreamlike quality of his tales, but we must attribute the dream to him, not to Conrad, for Guerard himself has taught us not to confuse the two of them. These efforts at psycho-mythical interpretation often contain real insights; what is lacking is reticence. Occasionally this sort of criticism seems forced and far-fetched...
First, with regard to the relations between Parliament and the government, many of the barriers erected in order to contain the former can probably be by-passed. Comparable devices introduced by the Constitution of 1946 have proved useless. To be sure, they were much less daring, but they had appeared very impressive in 1946. Unruly parties find all too easily ways of overthrowing cabinets without resorting to the difficult procedure of motions of no confidence...
Although the Architects Collaborative is still working on blueprints, the general features of the changeover have been decided upon. The basement will contain an audio workshop for language learning by tape recording, and the first floor will contain a common room and "social room" to be used for teas, receptions and programs of language clubs...
...world bankers were skeptical of such a fund when first proposed because it smacked too much of funny money. But more of them have been coming round to the view that such a fund is necessary to finance vitally needed development programs that the bank cannot back because they contain individual projects that will not pay off. With the proposed new fund, the bank, for example, could finance a dam, while the IDA could finance nonself-liquidating projects needed to develop the area around the dam. One big point in IDA's favor: it would lessen the pressure...