Word: climaxes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ancient war that matters little. What does matter is the opportunity it gives to roam outside the body in a dream world of blue, green and gold, moving to the subtle, silk-smooth music of the painter's brush. The almost full-scale detail opposite shows a typical climax in that music when the invading army winds menacingly forward to the water's edge, a captain on a black horse prances into view, and a gnarled pine dips its obscuring wing. The detail further shows that Chinese scroll paintings can be enjoyed a little at a time...
...waiting to go." He used to cover his ears as the loudspeaker announced the jump he was about to attempt. When he broke his own record in the Knights of Columbus meet in Boston (where he first ran the hurdles -"It loosens me up"), Thomas did it during the climax of the big mile race. With all eyes on Miler Ron Delany, Thomas quietly soared to unmatched heights...
...Softest Touch." The TV headlines are a major example of one news medium complementing another. Panel-show producers shop long and hard to find a guest whose appearance will climax the week's headlines and thus stimulate new ones. For the guest stars there is a chance to reach TV mass audiences that no newspaper's circulation can match. For this opportunity, guests are willing to hold back choice news items -a practice that often arouses editors' ire but also stirs their interest, since Sunday is a dull news day, and Monday's papers are often...
Even as most undergraduates are reaching the climax of their annual post-exam binges, 12 Harvard athletic squads will swing back into action during the coming weekend. For those who are sober enough to care, two or three varsity contests should prove of more than passing interest...
...pressing or melting the powdered metal into ingots or billets, then forging, machining or extruding it. The new casting method may permit not only more intricate shapes but also lower costs, since the process may cut the number of steps necessary. But the major U.S. moly producer, American Metal Climax, Inc.. cautioned that it may be some time before the casting method becomes commercially feasible...