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Benjamin I. Schwartz, Williams Professor of History and Political Science, was not impressed with North Korea's offer. "My first inclination is not to overplay it. The proposal could simply be a reaction to the current political and economic instability in South Korea, a move calculated to create further instability...
...Schwartz said should the talks ever occur, any ensuing resolutions would have real significance. "Merely proposing the talks was nothing new," he added...
Such American authors as Elizabeth Bishop, John Dos Passos, Delmore Schwartz, Genevieve Taggard, James Agee and William Carlos Williams were published in the magazine, in addition to a variety of lesser lights. A key function of Partisan Review-- and, indeed, other "little" magazines of its ilk--was that of giving play to the unknown, struggling young writer. The magazine thus brought a panoply of young talent to the fore which might otherwise have gone unrecognized...
...size of Schwartz's fee troubled many Bostonians. A transit authority spokesman noted that Boeing Vertol -and not the M.B.T.A.-had to pay the legal bill. "An outrage," countered influential State Representative Barney Frank. "The size of the fee had to have some effect on the size of the settlement...
...Schwartz's defenders note that both in absolute dollars and as a percentage, his fee is smaller than that awarded in a San Francisco transit settlement. Critics, however, see the Boston circumstances as different: Schwartz was involved in the suit for only two months rather than years, on behalf of an agency that depends on taxpayers to cover two-thirds of its budget. As Frank puts it, "When the public sector is as desperately poor as it is, no one ought to get rich...