Word: arid
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Congressional representation, the number of pictures a State could send to the show was made proportional to its population, hence arid New Mexico, which has as thriving an art community as exists in the U. S., was limited to five canvases, one sculpture, while Florida, as arid artistically as it is fruitful agriculturally was allowed eight paintings, one sculpture. Beyond that the most startling fact to Manhattanites was that neither John Steuart Curry of Kansas, Thomas Benton of Missouri or Grant Wood of Iowa wa represented...
Sirs: The April 5 copy of TIME which is my private, priceless knothole in the news-arid fence which keeps most of us "furriners" ignorant . . . just came through. Thanks...
Bilbao. With few reserves and only a handful of modern planes to oppose the air squadrons of Italy arid Germany, Bilbao's Basques fought grimly on last week, but fought a losing battle. City defenders were cheered mightily when two companies of Basques with a single anti-tank gun and a barrier of three logs was able to put to flight a group of 18 Italian tanks, but in general the tide was against them. Basque lines were forced back to the third ring of steel and concrete trenches defending Bilbao. A key to the city was pine-covered...
Strange bedfellows last week were the extremely vocal opponents of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. They included: modernist artists, objecting to the arid classicism of the scheme; Republicans and conservatives eager to spike this glorification of the Democratic Party; garden club members, fearing the threat to the cherry trees; utilitarians who favor a memorial to Thomas Jefferson but favor something of public use, specifically an auditorium where such ceremonies as a Presidential inauguration may be held in weather like that of the last...
...dowager decked with diamonds is like a Great Power decked with colonies, because she is convinced that she has to have them and it often makes her angry to be asked why. Arid as diamonds is most of the Italian colony of Libya, for most of it consists of desert sands (see map, p. 23), but no Italian would dream of not defending this colonial diadem in case of need, and to Libya steamed last week nearly half the Royal Italian Navy to escort suitably and later be reviewed by His Excellency Benito Mussolini, Leader of the Party and Head...