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From the eddying hues of his scenes done in Yellowstone Park to the evanescent brush strokes of the glades near his Cos Cob, Conn., farm, there is more quiet transparency than passion. Twachtman collected Chinese paintings, and their gentle influence shows. His scenes (see color page) are stripped down to Mondrianesque simplicity yet they stand at symphonic distance from the Dutch abstractionist's boogie-woogie colors. Twachtman's task was to portray tranquillity in nature almost at her vanishing point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painting: The Quiet American | 10/14/1966 | See Source »

...Brazilian doctor says that his wife managed to spend $200 in a dress shop "on a total vocabulary of 'pink,' 'blue,' 'white,' 'my size' and 'how much.' " Other U.S. pluses, by consensus: ice cream, San Francisco, corn on the cob, roadside picnic spots, "houses that look like the ones in the movies," and the variety of the population-"white, yellow and every shade of black," an Italian visitor noted. Tops among minuses are rude customs officers. Others: slums, dismal trains, violence, plastic flowers, women in hair curlers, "magic ringers" vibrating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: THE FOREIGNER DISCOVERS AMERICAN (AND VICE VERSA) | 8/26/1966 | See Source »

DOUGLAS CAMPBELL Cos Cob, Conn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 4, 1964 | 12/4/1964 | See Source »

...this is one time 35 million people aren't wrong. Like ABC's I'm Dickens-He's Fenster. the show is supplying an apparent demand for straightforward, unsophisticated, skillfully performed humor. "It's my kind of corn." says Director Whorf-"right on the cob...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: On the Cob | 11/30/1962 | See Source »

...advice. "Be nonchalant," says he. If you choose the wrong fork or knife, don't fidget, keep eating. Sip soup from the side of the spoon or from the end-it makes no difference. Asparagus may be eaten with the fingers, as may artichokes and corn on the cob (exception: chicken). The finger bowl? Don't ponder its use; just remove it until time to dip fingertips. Other items...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Customs: Be Nonchalant | 12/1/1961 | See Source »

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