Word: depth
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sick of the glass box. For the last 30 years we have abandoned basic architectural precepts, such as light and shadow and depth and beauty," San Francisco's S. Robert Anshen told the architects. "When men lived in caves," said William W. Caudill of Houston, "they poked holes in them to let air in and smoke out. The holes got bigger and bigger. Now the holes have eaten up the box." Others added that the all-window building has created still unsolved problems of glare and temperature control...
...traditionalist," believes that the success of the ecumenical movement depends upon a proper understanding of the Christian past, and is trying to further understanding by writing a comprehensive history of the development of church dogma. "Tradition," he says, "needs to be critically re-examined for its richness and its depth." He has "grave doubts" about the ability of a divided Christianity-already on the defensive everywhere, he feels-to withstand the stresses of the modern world, but expects the emergence of new forms of inter-Christian relationships "beyond our imagination." Pelikan's "catholicity" can shock: he dumfounded many Protestants...
...most interesting exhibitor of this, our Washington Square, I found to be Dan Dennett '63 (Eliot), a sculptor. Though Mr. Dennett has by no means perfected his technical skill, his originality, depth of perception, and understanding for his materials go pretty much unrivalled by the other participants. His stone sculpture of a "Crusader" is particularly effective in its bulky angularity and sense of determination...
...tennis team travels to Amherst today to face a squad analyzed by Coach Jack Barnaby as "tough, though lacking in individual stars." He added that Amherst has depth and a home-court advantage, so "we can't count on anything." The fact that the team has to travel on the day of the match is another handicap. "We went to Dartmouth a day early and won," commented Barnaby. "The baseball team came up the day of the game and lost...
...Bitter Debate. The U.S. continued testing, at Nevada and in the Pacific, from Operation Teapot through Operation Hardtack in October of 1958. During that period, the scientists tested tactical atomic weapons, dropped an H-bomb from a B-52, fired a depth charge, triggered a missile warhead 100 miles high, tried fallout-free underground testing...