Word: decoration
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Finally, in 1627 a commission from a cardinal made Poussin's name. King Louis XIII pressured him into returning to paint for the glory of France. Under the orders of Cardinal Richelieu, Poussin was pestered with jobs to do what he called "mere bagatelles"-fireplaces, frontispiece designs, cabinet decor. After two years of royal daubing in France, he fled for good to Rome, where he quietly painted what he pleased until his death...
...Braniff, ninth largest of the trunk lines, flamboyant Harding Lawrence, 46, took charge last year and has already lifted its earnings 58% by tripling its jet fleet and adding such eye-catching innovations as ocher-painted planes, gaudy interior decor and hostesses in Pucci dresses...
...savagery. The damage done to the chosen target is negligible, but this parroty parody adds up to a near disaster. Assuming a knowing superiority over its prototypes, Modesty is less a spoof than a limp-wristed kind of fairy tale, witlessly cluttered up with homosexual malice, artsy gift-shop decor, and the same old gaggy gadgetry on which the Bondsmen have patents pending...
Beyond these, '67 changes are subtle. Despite disappointing sales of its front-wheel-drive Toronado, General Motors is putting front-wheel drive on the Cadillac Eldorado. Chrysler is discontinuing Imperial as a separate line, will make it a more expensive Chrysler with extra decor and equipment. Ford for the first time will bring out four-door Thunderbirds. Pontiac's grille has been given a cat-whisker effect, with metal trim above the headlights suggesting flaring eyebrows. Detroit insiders have a name for the car: Batmobile...
...Porcellian symbol) is to dominant feature of the club's reagent decor. There are wild boars' reeds on the walls. There are sculpted pigs and pictures of pigs. The library contains a whole series of looks on pigs, including one edition of The Three Little Pigs...