Word: broads
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Happiness," for instance, Miss Susan Seidman makes a brave attempt at satirizing a special horrid type of love-story--the sort that appears in periodicals of the "True Romance" ilk. For the most part, she achieves her effect subtly, but she spoils the total impression by an occasional broad and incongruous touch. The borderline between burlesque and satire is a hazy one; nonetheless, the two don't mix well. A few enlightened omissions from "Afraid of Happiness" could have avoided the combination of these techniques and made the story into a consistently amusing piece, instead of an entertaining but periodically...
...organizations within the University and that attempts be made to include Cambridge civic groups in the step aimed at ending racial discrimination at the Club 100. It was felt that the greatest measure of respect for the picket line would be obtained if the sponsoring organizations represented a broad base...
...these fine-looking people?" asked the porteno taxi driver, staring at the broad, blond faces. He was told that they were bound for Paraguay's Chaco. "Ah, the poor ones," sighed the man from the city's pavements...
Photographs of Edouard's paintings which reached the U.S. last week had a child's freshness, and also a strength that was not at all boyish. Edouard, painting in oil, spread the pigment in broad, thick strokes that gave a sense of third dimension. For subject matter he used what appealed to his wide eyes: lobsters, a landscape framed in the window, flowers, a teapot, and, lately, his mother...
Called "Quineboquin" or "circular" by the Algonquin Indians, the river first deceived explorers by its broad mouth and led them to believe that it was the gateway to the vast expanses of the interior. Even Virginia's famous Captain John Smith, was fascinated by the Charles and he went to New England to seek gold, and if not gold perhaps fish, at the source of the river. He gave a map of the Boston area to England's Prince Charles, who took great delight in naming the various landmarks of the area and who finally gave his own name...