Bernard L. Cohen, in Cato Jo~(rna/(Spring 1982), Publications Dept., 224 Second St. S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003.
Since the accident at Three Mile Island in 1979, Americans have been more worried than ever about the safety of nuclear power plants. Co- hen, a physicist at the University of Pittsburgh, belittles many of the alleged risks.
Radiation occurs naturally-in outer space, on earth (e.g., in uranium), and in the human body (in the form of potassium). Human exposure to it varies widely. In...
Leo~do P. G. Aaron and Robert G. Clouse, in
Journal of Interdisciplinary History
(Summer 19821, MIT (Journals),28 Carle-
ton St., Cambridge, Mass. 02142.
Sigmund Freud looked at the writings and paintings of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) and found evidence of a neurotic obsessional per- sonality-a man whose repressed love for his mother prevented normal heterosexual development. Aaron, an educational psychologist, and Clouse, a historian, both at Indiana State University, see instead the effects...
"Art Versus Collectibles" Edward C. Banfield, in Harper's (August 1982), P.O. Box 2620, Boulder, Colo. 80321.
When former Vice-president Nelson Rockefeller began selling high- quality reproductions of his private art collection, the art world was shocked. Hilton Kramer, former art critic of the New York Times, lamented "a new era of hype and shamelessness." Banfield, a Harvard government professor, argues that Rockefeller had the right idea.
The same connoisseur who buys recorded...
his assistants and then printed others. Sculptors today routinely make models in clay, wax, or plastic to be cast at foundries, often in sizes different from the original.
Two groups are responsible for the resistance to creating and show- ing high-quality reproductions, says Banfield. Art historians teach the public to value art "relics" as part of history, rather than as "something to be responded to aesthetically." And private art collectors make pur- chases for the same...
Valerie F. Brooks, in ARTnews (Summer 1982), 122 East 42nd St., New York. N.Y. 10168.
Public art museums may be strapped for cash today, but corporate art buying is on the rise. Chase Manhattan Bank's collection, begun in 1959, is worth $7.5 million, and its art purchaser is looking for more- which is good news for contemporary artists, writes Brooks, assistant managing editor of The ARTnewsletter.
Since the mid-1970s, corporate buyers have been aggressively seek- ing art they can display where...
Gaston A. for Mr.-TO Fernandez, in Journal of InterAmerican Studies and World Affairs (May 1982), Sage Publications, 275 South ~everl~
Dr., Beverly Hills, Calif. 90212.
On March 20, 1980, a handful of Cubans sought asylum at the Peruvian embassy in Havana. Before the dust had settled, 125,266 Cubans had immigrated to the United States. Much has been made of their impact on this country. What does it mean for Cuba?
Fernandez, a political scientist at St. Olaf College, interviewed a sampling of...
poor economic conditions. Unable to find jobs or housing, they must put off marriage and starting families. Others feeling the pinch include un- skilled workers, thanks in part to Havana's planned shrinkage of the construction industry. Only rural Cubans-beneficiaries of land re-forms and tax breaks-seem to remain loyal to their leader.
It is premature to declare "a crisis of socialism in Cuba," says Fer- nandez. But the Freedom Flotilla carried storm warnings for Castro.
"The Armed...
the overthrow of the Fascist autocracy.
Czechoslovakia: "Husak's Czechoslovakia and Economic
Stagnation," Vladimir V. Kusin, in
Problems of Communism (May-June,
1982), Superintendent of Documents.
U.S. ~overnment Printing Office, Wash- ington, D.C. 20404.
The economic outlook for Czechs during the 1980s is bleak, says Kusin, a senior research analyst for Radio Free Europe. Already, even by op- timistic official accounts, per capita income growth is at a standstill.
Why? The trouble...