Word: corners
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Astigmatism, closing one eye, or somehow throwing one eye out of commission makes it possible for the painter to see reality simultaneously in three dimensions. The painter tilts his head; horizontal and vertical lines and shapes correspondingly shift and tilt from one lower corner to the opposite upper corner of the canvas...
...distaff pro golf is rugged on the course, it is not much fun off the course either. There is no time for home or family, no real opportunity for the single girls to find male companionship. Spare moments see the shared motel rooms fringed with drying laundry and the corner table swept clear for a pale respite of gin rummy. Sometimes movies will help kill the evening if local enthusiasts do not come through with a cocktail party-but always for the ladies, the 19th hole is the toughest...
Those Eyes See." The scene is a corner of a vast circus tent, where there is a platform for a sideshow. ("Clothes that have the look of vestments of many churches and times have been left about.") Enter Mr. Zuss and Nickles, actors once, now a couple of old circus vendors in white caps and jackets, Mr. Zuss selling balloons, Nickles selling popcorn...
...pretentious speech on recession. "I believe it is essential," he cried, "that responsible leaders prepare now to meet any eventuality. I should think that can be done without any foreboding prophecies of gloom or doom, or any Pollyanna predictions that prosperity is just around some ever-receding corner...
...families with incomes not nicked by the recession were gripped by a mood of tight-fisted caution. Liquor dealers reported a drastic switch from costlier to cheaper brands. Chain-store sales were brisker than in booming early-1957 because many housewives were forgoing the comparative serenity of the corner delicatessen or grocery store and shopping in supermarkets to save pennies to put into savings accounts. In Chicago a young woman borrowed $500 from a downtown bank at 4½% interest, offering as collateral her $650 savings account drawing 2% interest. She just didn't want to dip into...