Word: clays
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most effective works place bas-relief figures carved in red clay on a tile background. In the "Virgin Spring," the distorted angles and sharp indentations of the man's face suggest his cruelty; the girl's expression seems both fearful and frightening. The even ridges in the forehead, beard, and robe of "The Scholar" contribute to the peaceful mood of this work...
...including the paper molds which Holleman used to carve the clay, the exhibit suggests the complexity of his technique...
...recommended in its authorization bill. He agreed with Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and G.O.P. Leader Everett Dirksen to cut it to about $3.8 billion. President Kennedy originally had sought $4.9 billion, dropped his request to $4.5 billion after a critical report by a special committee headed by General Lucius Clay. The House has approved only $3.5 billion...
...skyrocket, things would level off. Without freeing the economy, he argued, currency reform would have no real effect. "If I were to distribute poverty justly, we would all surely remain poor," he insisted. "It seemed to be more important to overcome poverty than to distribute it." U.S. General Lucius Clay backed him, and throughout a grim winter of rising prices and shortages, Erhard kept up Seelenmas-sagen (soul massages), in the form of radio speeches and newspaper articles. Over and over he predicted: "Prices will start to drop in the spring." Panic buying trailed off, production rose and prices...
...danger. The next voice heard was the banshee howl of Flora. By now, the winds had accelerated to 140 m.p.h. Savagely, Flora cut a 75-mile gash across Haiti's Tiburon Peninsula, denuding the mountaintops, reducing scores of villages to rubble, and carving great rivers of red clay that stained offshore waters crimson three miles out. Radio monitors in Miami heard an unidentified operator report "terrible damage." Then he was blown off the air. Within Haiti all telephone and radio communication was cut off from the Port-au-Prince capital, lying on the edge of the hurricane...