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PROFILE: SIR TOM STOPPARD Enemy of the puerile The playwright's heartfelt attack on modern art last week is entirely in character
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It would be tempting to see, in Tom Stoppard's denunciation of
modern art at the Royal Academy's annual dinner last week, the
descent into disgruntled bufferdom of a one-time free spirit. But
although he is almost 64 and a knight of the theatre, Stoppard knows
tripe when he sees it. He always has done. Consider these lines from
his early radio play, Artist Descending a Staircase, written 30
years ago: "Skill without imagination is craftsmanship. Imagination
without skill gives us modern art."
In revisiting the subject, Sir Tom complained that works of
indiscernible merit were now accepted as ...
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Interview: William Kirby discusses the legacy of Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, who died yesterday at the age of 105
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
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La vieja araña de la China.(Mei-ling, Madame Chiang Kai-shek)(Biografía)
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Saving Chiang Kai-shek.
News Wire article from: United Press International
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Madame Chiang Kai-shek.(Obituary: Madame Chiang Kai-shek)(Obituary)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; Madame Chiang Kai-shek, a power in China, died on October...Franklin Roosevelt and China's Chiang Kai-shek are discussing how next to conduct...Soong Meiling, better known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek, was much more than the wife of the...
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Goodbye Chiang Kai-shek, says Taiwan in bid to rewrite history
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
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Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
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Taiwan Mourns Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
News Wire article from: AP Online
; ...displaying a photograph of Madame Chiang Kai-shek during a memorial service at...most famous first lady, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, on Saturday as her family considered...famous former first lady, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, while her family considered...
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Madame Chiang Kai-shek dies in New York at age 105
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...Dateline: TAIPEI, Taiwan Madame Chiang Kai-shek, famous for using her beauty...last visit to Taiwan, where Chiang Kai-shek _ who briefly ruled China _ had...eventually lost the war. As Chiang Kai-shek's health deteriorated, control...
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News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...the legacy of former President Chiang Kai-shek, striking his name from the...statutes of the late Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. And that number is growing...came to Taiwan years ago with Chiang Kai-shek and his Nationalist troops...
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The Final Triumph of Chiang Kai-shek
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
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