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...Kafka is world-famous celebrity, and may be he's getting the last laugh for all those years of parental disfavor. Not only is he recognized as an important stylist, but he has even been hailed as the quintessential recorder of modem alienation, prophesying in works such as The Trial and "In the Penal Colony" the rise of totalitarianism. Marxists and theologists alike slug it out in studies with titles like The Kafka Problem. The Kafka Debate and even There Goes Kafka; there has even been talk of setting up an East-West dialogue. But the splendor of his posthumous...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Edelstein, | Title: Life With Father | 2/9/1982 | See Source »

Master Classes in Modem Dance Technique--with Martin Kravitz; Radcliffe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT IS TO BE DONE Nov. 12 - 18 | 11/12/1981 | See Source »

Anton Webern expanded the modem idiom by shrinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Revolution in a Whisper | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...Paul's encyclical Humanae Vitae (Of Human Life) totally rejected this theory. It declared all "artificial" methods of birth control unacceptable, thus touching off a sustained campaign of public dissent by theologians and wide disobedience among the laity, especially in the U.S., that has few parallels in modem Catholic history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Hard Questions on the Issues | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

...basic goal of modem urban terrorists is to provoke a repressive response from governments, and thereby alienate the populace, or, if the government does nothing, to underscore its ineffectiveness. Repressive measures become tempting only as terrorism grows in frequency and scale through success. Thus experts argue that one way to control terrorism-eliminating it entirely would appear to be impossible-is for a government to declare a strong, stated policy of how it will respond to terrorism, and then, when it occurs, move swiftly, firmly and with the confidence of its people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: What Can Be Done About Terrorism? | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

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