Word: damp
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...always have a bed but don't always have a girl, conscientious Gordon has a girl but not a bed he can take her to. He is also too poor to marry his Rosemary, and this means that his love life consists of pressing her against the "rough damp bricks" of viaducts and alleys...
Back in Manhattan, one of Promoter Zeckendorf's earlier colossal deals fizzled, proved to be only damp punk, but he promptly shot out another to replace it. A plan for a grandiose $130 million "Palace of Progress" over Pennsylvania Station has been dropped, he said (the foundations alone, it developed, would cost another $45 million). But now he hopes to build an even bigger project on Manhattan's West Side. This time, the idea is to redevelop 40 acres between Pennsylvania Station and the Hudson River, create a $300 million-$500 million city of the future, with...
While the old San Marco buildings were being repaired, the Dominicans lived in huts and damp cells. But as the ground floor was readied, Fra Angelico and his assistants went to work, painting a series of Crucifixions in the cloister, the main refectory and the chapter house. For Cosimo's cell, largest in the monastery, where the Medici prince liked to retire for contemplation, Fra Angelico repeated once again the Coming of the Magi at Cosimo's request, "to have this example of Eastern kings laying down their crowns at the manger of Bethlehem always before his eyes...
...scene is a boys' school in suburban Paris, a decayed estate that has the look of having spent too much time at the bottom of an aquarium. The swimming pool is covered with a green scum; the magnificent halls are damp and echoing; the pupils riot over a dinner of sausage and potatoes. There are four teachers: two male nonentities and two striking women -frail Vera Clouzot and mannish but beautiful Simone Signoret. Headmaster Paul Meurisse is a reptilian thug who is married to Vera, keeps Simone as his mistress, and treats both of the women abominably...
Still sizzling, Tony took the center court next day and wasted no time. Now there was no nonplaying Davis Cup captain sitting on the sidelines to talk over strategy every other game. Tony was on his own, and playing better than ever. On the scarred and rain-damp turf, Rosewall could never get set for his nicely timed ground shots. The hard-hopping serve and sharply angled volleys that are Tony's pride kept little Ken off balance. Once in the first set, and again in the second, Tony turned cautious; Rosewall promptly picked up the pace and threatened...