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Word: decoration (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Seedy family house, two rooms in basement. Decor peeling, faded, floral and flyblown. If you are too late to secure this gem, we have a spare along the road, rather more derelict. A lightly built member of our staff negotiated the basement stair but our Mr. Halstead went crashing through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Mug Under the Waterfall | 1/11/1963 | See Source »

...intervals through the gaps between the ties of the railroad or the leaves of the trees creates an intolerable succession of bright and dark reflections. When I wrote to Detroit about this, the manufacturer replied ". . . We hesitate using darker colors on the dash because they do not complement the decor of the other trim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 4, 1963 | 1/4/1963 | See Source »

...fact, the Horse Show has gone commercial. The saddle shops are no more, and the hot-dog stands have been crowded by a baroque decor setting off displays of sponsors' products...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Society: She Ain't What She Used To Be | 11/9/1962 | See Source »

...Joseph) Balaban, 73, Midwest impresario of the 1920s movie-palace era who operated on the idea that theaters should be "a thing of beauty, a fairyland," and with his elder brother Barney, later president of Paramount Pictures, built a 100-theater chain (now merged with Paramount) featuring Arabian Nights decor, corps of military ushers, and the rumble of mighty Wurlitzers; of a heart attack; in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Nov. 9, 1962 | 11/9/1962 | See Source »

...three-story house stands on the corner of Spring and Mott streets in Manhattan's fading Little Italy. Inside, the furnishings are spare-some benches and tables, a cupboard. But if the house lacks furniture, it does have marvels of decor. There is a room lined with towering cases of gilded bric-a-brac. In another room, shallow honeycombs of orange-crate cabinetry are filled with carefully posed objects-chair legs, a broken wheel, a bowling pin. parts of a table pedestal, a banister, some toilet seats-all gleaming goldly. The owner of this hammer-and-nails Fort Knox...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: All That Glitters | 8/31/1962 | See Source »

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