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...heaven-splitting, jubilant sound. His glossy face and keyboard-size grin were a national treasure-and a welcome sight in homes that would not dream of entertaining any other member of his race. He was a musical genius, a remarkable technician of the trumpet who went on to even wider fame as a singer. The fact that his voice sounded exactly like a wheelbarrow crunching its way up a gravel driveway made no difference at all. Legends don't need voices...
...isolated masterpiece on a museum wall draws its rationale, and hence, in fact, the claim on social fantasy that generates its price. And there is pathetically little money available to conserve it. The common objection is "let the Italians/ French/ Greeks look after their own art." But a wider view must surely argue that our consciousness of art should be seamless, that a picture's or a sculpture's right to survival is not to be determined by some box of frontiers...
...During the 2,000 years that the Temple of Karnak was in use, many statues were discarded to make room for new ones and were broken and separated in the process. Collectors buy the heads because they are more interesting, and consequently the heads travel farther and wider...
...troops to Viet Nam, ostensibly to work on flood relief. Taylor's recommendation included using the troops to commit American prestige in Viet Nam, to shore up morale and provide a back-up for the South Vietnamese army and to serve as an advance force for a wider American involvement. The cable argued against the recommendations, reasoning that the U.S. could still walk away from Viet Nam at this early stage, but should Taylor's proposals be carried out, Washington would be forced to see its commitments through. Such a course, the cable writer warned, would turn a guerrilla struggle...
Gierek has also sought to instill a wider sense of participation in his people. The Communist Party remains supreme. Nonetheless, Gierek has started to revive the long dormant National Unity Front, in which some of Poland's remaining nonparty groups-notably the United Peasants' Party and Catholic organizations-have been given at least a nominal voice in framing government policy...