Word: curbed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...much gold remains in tombs and other archaeological sites, and every new find becomes an artistic Klondike. Laws in Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama that attempt to curb the export of the "national patrimony" are by and large circumvented; if the gold is no longer exported in galleons, it nonetheless gets out. Last week a superb new collection of pre-Columbian art, "The World of Ancient Gold," opened at the Travel and Transportation Pavilion at the New York World's Fair (see opposite page...
...festive rights following the official ceremonies became so excessive that the Board of Overseers made frequent but always unsuccessful attempts to curb Commencement behavior, even to the extent of banning "plum cake," which the Overseers observed, was never served in European universities...
...Coop architecture, but feel it is important to point out that the architectural rendering provided by the Coop is grossly distorted, making reasonable judgments impossible. To wit, Palmer Street is made to appear broader and lighter than would actually be the case. In the Coop rendering, Palmer Street, curb to curb, is shown as 5.5 times the width of the West sidewalk, preserving present building and curb lines. Actually, by measure, Palmer Street is 3.3 times the sidewalk width (205/54 inches. The effect of this distortion is to make the street appear to be about 25 feet, curb to curb...
While klieg lights flared over a shabby curb in Santa Monica, a few famous ghosts may have drawn up in invisible Duesenbergs, but the people who arrived in visible Cadillacs were, for the most part, fat anonymous cats. Only the sex specialists, like Carroll Baker and Eva Six, tried to take advantage of the occasion-Eva in a dress that would qualify for the gatefold of Man-boy Magazine and Carroll in a feathered boa. "Hey, Carroll, take it off!" screamed the fans...
...awareness among labor leaders that the situation has got out of hand. Last week moderates in the Australian Council of Trade Unions vetoed a suggestion that the 1,000,000-member Transport Workers Union call a massive transport strike, and Council President Albert E. Monk seems determined to curb as many strikes as he can. But he is just as determined to win a 35-hour work week for the council's 1,200,000 members, who now work 40 hours...