Word: arboreal
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...hell's horrors with shrieking, Bosch-like surrealism, but more divine images receive less than medieval veneration. Christ's birth and infancy are treated with the tenderness of an uncle. The artist took his greatest liberties in the borders of his illuminations. There he imitates a grape arbor's lattice in textiles and lacework, borders a saint with pretzels that were originally baked to imitate hands clasped in prayer, in a secular study of commonplace reality...
...recognized in Johnson a strong strain of prudence in economic affairs. From these successes-from out of the shadow of Jack Kennedy-emerged still a different, a bolder man, whose aim it was to imprint the Johnson character on the one year remaining to him as President. At Ann Arbor, Mich., in May, Johnson established the theme on which he planned to build his quest. The new goal for America, he declared, was to be called "the Great Society." Said he: "For half a century we called upon unbounded invention and untiring industry to create an order of plenty...
...Arbor, Mich...
...goals of an American civilization that is distinct from its European roots and is more than a mere piece in the mosaic of world order. That, however, is what President Johnson accomplished last week. In a speech before 80,000 at the University of Michigan stadium at Ann Arbor-where he was given an honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree-the President eloquently invited his fellow citizens to join in the pursuit of a "Great Society" uniquely American both in spirit and promise. Excerpts...
...Arbor, Mich...