He directed an optician to cut two pairs of lenses horizontally in half and mount them in a new frame, with the reading lens at the bottom and the distance lens at the top, bifocals. ... My portrait is a best seller, you have prints, and copies of prints and copies of copies spread everywhere. ...
As Marling admits, however, not all Americans bought into the "New Look." ... This new leisure time, the availability of new automobiles, and the freedom provided by new freeway and interstate systems provided families with an opportunity for a different type of "weekend togetherness." ... The definition of art changed as the public accepted the "realism" of artists like Grandma Moses and rejected intellectuals and the New York avant-garde. ... Although her Picture Cook Book, first published in 1950, remained a best seller throughout the decade, the Betty Crocker character aged rapidly in the...
Thus, as each individual is pursuing his own interests he is led, as if by an "invisible hand" to obtain the best for all. ... Lord Acton summed it up best when he stated, "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely." ... Instead, FDR instituted "the New Deal"-- a counterproductive attempt to restore the nations economy. Under the New Deal forty two new agencies now controlled everything from airlines and broadcasting to oil and agricultural production. ... On that note, we are constantly reminded that our government, our politicians and our beaurocrats all act in the bes...
