Word: buoyant
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...piece of paper." Every repetition of this dictum, however, brings a beatific smile to the face of bulky, deliberate Milferd Aaron Spayd, 61, of Dayton, Ohio. Thanks to U.S. industry's ever deeper entrapment in paperwork, Spayd's Standard Register Co. has surged from onetime bankruptcy to buoyant prosperity as one of the nation's largest manufacturers of business forms...
...million U.S. Science Pavilion, which stands at the summit of the fairground's gently sloping site, is a buoyant, crystalline stylization of the Alhambra (see color), with soaring arches of Gothic lacework and arcades of Moorish tracery. Covering an area larger than six football fields, it is the biggest exhibit based on a single theme ever assembled by government or private industry, will later be used for educational and scientific purposes. One of the fair's most spectacular features is its International Fountain, designed by two young Tokyo architects whose plan won a $250.000 international competition last year...
...cable. In this case its opening was disastrous. The sea was comparatively calm, but the Liberty Bell 7 was not built for seaworthiness with its hatch open. It wobbled, took in a surge of water and began to sink. Astronaut Grissom swam through the tepid water in his buoyant, silvery space suit, taking in great gulps of sea water dyed bright green to mark his landing. Though his remarks from the capsule at first led observers to believe that he had released the new-style hatch, Grissom later reported that he only meant to indicate his intention to leave through...
...Jove smitten Orlando by Donald Harron. A Critic should be wary of the work "perfect"; but, at the performance I attended, Harron had nary a flaw, and no other word will suffice. the second reason is the attractive young lady named Carrie Nye. As Celia, she is an unflaggingly buoyant and zestful confidante to her mistress Rosalind, and her words fall...
Died. Grace George, 81, buoyant and versatile comedienne from 1894 to 1951, who starred in the U.S. premiere of Shaw's Major Barbara, long managed the Playhouse repertory theater owned by her late producer husband, William A. Brady; in Manhattan...