Word: bulking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Beauty in Ugliness. Today Dix lives on the idyllic, alpine shore of Lake Constance in a house whose walls shelter the bulk of his works. "I considered them so important that I didn't want to sell them," he explains. At 72. wispy, wiry Dix no longer paints. "I feel I don't have to say that much any more. There comes a time when one has to look back." His summation: "Nietzsche told me that there's beauty in ugliness. That is what has intrigued me all my life...
Only Nature Counts. The kinship of his harlequin colors seems miraculous. Foliage flutters before the eye like scurrying butterflies. An overcoat lying on a chair takes on the bulk and presence of its wearer. A still life of skulls-piled more like strange fruit than memento mori-melts their contours into the curves of a parti-colored tablecloth in a haunting arabesque...
When the university opened in 1868, with Scholar White as president, Businessman Cornell gave it a stunning lesson in fund raising. Spending some $525,000 for the privilege, he took charge of the bulk of the school's federal scrip for 990,000 acres of public land. He swapped the scrip for choice Wisconsin timberland, which eventually soared in value. When sold off, it netted the university almost $6,000,000. White meantime scoured Europe for top scholars, set high standards, and took such a dim view of football that he once vetoed a game in Cleveland with...
...island's dizzily high prices and to shop for alternate shipping lines. Containing the Cargo. Powell has modernized the line's management and stepped up modernization of its fleet. Matson has converted one freighter into a floating garage to haul cars to Hawaii, and two others into bulk sugar carriers that pump their cargoes directly into the California refineries. But most of Matson's $27 million investment since 1957 has gone toward outfitting its ships with trailerlike aluminum containers that make handling easier. Because of the savings, Matson has cut rates for containerized freight to 20% below...
Dieters & Jerseys. Because bulk buying of milk in supermarkets has replaced home delivery, Borden's is moving away from its longtime role as one of the biggest U.S. milkmen. Now it acts principally as supplier, but it still has to worry about the threat to fat-rich dairy products from dieting and cholesterol consciousness. Borden's has met the challenge by producing its own 900-calorie Ready Diet and Lifeline, a lowfat, high-profit fortified milk. For dieters, it also pushes its buttermilk, skim milk and cottage cheese...