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...artists have never been asked to do more than reflect the time in which they live. By this standard a selection of 79 works (priced from $75 to $22,000) by 66 U.S. artists (two-thirds under 40) now on display at Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art makes a lively commentary on the present state of modern man's concerns and anxieties as well as his changing view of beauty. The broad selection chosen from some 700 entries underlines another fact: whether today's sculpture starts off as junk and ends...
Demos admits that the relativism offered at Harvard may not be a universal panacea, in fact may be unhealthy for some minds. "I assume that Harvard students can take it; they are supposed to be to tough intellectually. On the whole for Harvard students, who have time to reflect, the period of doubting may be helpful." Demos, however, is not convinced of the value of such doubting for everyone. "I've often wondered whether philosophy courses should be given in high school. For those who don't plan to go on to college, and will not have time for such...
...atheists are included, as well as an article on Radcliffe students and one on the College political spectrum. Each of the religious groups has been covered by a member of the faith discussed, in order to provide a more understanding approach. Any writer's editorial statements do not necessarily reflect CRIMSON policy...
...mysterious thing," Poggioli commented, "that it is virtually impossible to continue writing avant-garde literature. under a totalitarian regine." The reason for this, Poggioli said, is that any literature written under such a regime must reflect a reversion to tradition, and, "since the tradition upheld under the Soviet regime is cheap, Zhivago represents a search for something else...
...stored in a carefully designed container, workers live close to catastrophe. Each small chunk of plutonium must be kept a respectful distance from the others, lest they combine to form the critical mass that sets off an atomic reaction. Even a human body in the wrong place can reflect enough neutrons into a chunk of plutonium to set off a chain reaction that could kill everyone in the lab with a blast of radiation...