Word: capitols
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Capitol corridors were charged with political tension. "Wait until we get Acheson," the more partisan-minded Republicans had crowed in every cloakroom, as the Administration paraded its military witnesses. Waiting for him in Room 212, Acheson had few defenders: almost to a man, the Democrats considered him a political albatross around their necks. Chairman Richard Russell, who had introduced each preceding witness with a resounding recitation of his achievements, contented himself with a brief comment that Acheson had been Secretary "during one of the most trying periods" in U.S. history...
...added that they were tightening requirements for outfits that want to continue concessions here. He also claimed that, as a result, the student-run Capitol Laundry may not be back next year...
...Capitol, Holt said that the only trouble there was its failure to hand in the necessary balance sheet. This laundry differs from the others as it is student run, and its management changes hands from year to year...
...Sails in the Sunset (Mercury); When It's Springtime In the Rockies (Capitol). Driven into the ground by bandleaders and songsters of the '30s, these hardy shrubs seem to be sprouting again. Current cultivators: Frances Langford, Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae...
...artiness; Adams shoots straight, as these pictures of Utah's Capitol Reef and Yosemite's Vernal Fall show. Painting, he thinks, has a bad influence on photographers, leading them to romanticize what they see. Adams shuns trick effects. Objectivity, reinforced by every technical resource of the medium, is what he strives for. Adams has great reverence for the world he photographs, and the combination of realism and reverence is the measure of the man and of his work...