Word: premiums
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...exile, the reclusive wen-jen introduced a style that was to last for centuries. Abandoning the sweetly colored realism of the late Sung court painters, they developed a powerful expressionism that glorified a painter's unique "handwriting." Landscapes and bamboo stalks were popular because such subjects put a premium on brushwork. Colors and perspective were largely abandoned, human figures casually sketched...
...looked good enough to eat. Samaras filled his sherbet glass with nails and topped it off with a razor. Such cutting satire made it impossible for dealers to promote him as part of the bland pop school. But this year dealers are pushing the school of no-school. The premium is on artists whose versatility makes them impossible to be pigeonholed. Samaras neatly fills that bill. Says he: "I don't want people to be able to look at my work and say, 'Aha, that's a Samaras.' I want Samaras to be more than...
...outlying terminals. More drastic was his proposal to end rush hour itself by changing schedules. By week's end the Civil Aeronautics Board authorized the talks. Airliners soon may be diverted at peak hours from congested airports, and passengers on peak-hour flights may have to pay premium rates. The industry blames the glut partly on private planes, but barring them from major airports would hardly dent the crush. At Kennedy, they make an estimated 10% of the flights. New York City's three major terminals at last count had 162 scheduled flights in and out bet veen...
...Culture Ministry in Paris to classify the town as a historical site, thus forbidding new structures on lots of less than 2½ acres. The decree hit Bargème like a battering ram: many villagers, it turned out, had hoped to parcel off their own land at premium prices to wealthy Parisian weekenders. Led by fighting-mad Mayor Isnard, a local tanner, Bargème turned on its benefactress...
Under the U.S. auto-insurance system, at least 55% of the premium dollar should go to compensate traffic victims. There is a widespread feeling that this is not enough, and there are complaints about soaring rates, controversial policy cancellations and slow payment of claims. Some critics demand more federal regulation, along with a radical overhaul of the whole system. A Senate subcommittee has started a root-andbranch investigation of auto insurers; President Johnson has ordered the Department of Transportation to make a two-year probe...