Word: colorful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Burbank studio, World Wide Pictures, has turned out 101 films over the past 25 years, many of them pedestrian one-reelers, some of higher quality. Graham's latest, The Hiding Place, which is being previewed in eleven cities this spring, is a totally new departure. A 145-minute color spectacular with two award-whining stars, Julie Harris and Eileen Heckart, it boasts 2,000 extras and a production cost of $1.7 million...
Strong Illusion. Riley's paintings, especially the recent ones with their finely tuned ribbons of color, suffer in reproduction: full scale-up to 8 ft. wide-is needed for their effect, which is to deny one's point of focus. You cannot stare at any one point on a Riley for long. It slides away and is lost in the shimmer. A painting like Shih-Li, 1975, sets up an undulation of space that one feels as a physical pressure. The illusion is so strong that no act of will...
...Wind." "Positively 4th Street," and "Seven Courses" a song that Dylan never released. As a literary critic, Ricks apologized for not having the expertise to deal with the musical aspect of Dylan's work to analyze it chemically the things he does with his votes to emphasize and color the meanings of his song...
Meanwhile, income tax rebates, which should begin reaching consumers in May, will increase their buying power by at least $8.1 billion. Some of that money may be funneled into savings, but economists are betting that most of it will be spent on goods, such as color televisions, shoes and clothing, thus giving retailers a powerful incentive to place new orders with factories. In addition, economists are encouraged by two other trends. Interest rates have been dropping& #151;major banks' "prime" rate on business loans has fallen from 12% last summer to 7¼% now-making it easier for companies...
...export race, showing marked ability to sell "product-in-hand" plants-highly automated factories already functioning with trained personnel. Premier Jacques Chirac recently agreed in principle on more than $6 billion worth of contracts in Iran: a subway for Tehran, a steel mill, an auto assembly plant, a color television system and 200 housing units. In Iraq, he signed a similar $3 billion deal...