Word: detail
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...succinct and artistic suggestion of the filigree of India's most well-known monument, the Taj Mahal. A surprise in this exhibition is provided by the exciting and imaginative project of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill for the Banque Lambert in Brussels. So ingenious is its form of detail and so striking its balancing of the major areas that one feels sure that it will greatly influence the course of contemporary design...
...they rise to the bait, Actor Gielgud and Actress Leighton also rise to the top of their bents. At sparring they are perfectly matched, at witty detail brilliantly mated. If added tribute goes to Actress Leighton, it is for a certain marvelously sustained manner: she is all hoity-toity airiness and verve. Though the rest of the production, barring George Rose's lively Dogberry, is much of a piece with the rest of the play, both are well worth putting up with for the sake of the stars...
...years of taking strong objection to the board's performance. A former Rhodes scholar and Miami lawyer, Democrat Hector sent a 72-page memo to President Eisenhower with his resignation, urged a sweeping reorganization of the functions of the nation's regulatory agencies to rid them of detail and give them more independence. He also suggested less CAB control of the airlines, more freedom to make their own decisions on strictly business matters. Wrote Hector: "The agencies are long on judicial form and short on judicial substance." He advised transferring the CAB's policy-making functions...
...visions of gibbering 16th century warriors and otherworldly music, it should be explained that the "golden demon" is money and the film is about love and pride in Japan of the 1890's. It contains the striking color photography of Michio Takahashi, with its scrupulous attention to mood and detail, a high level of emotional excitement sustained throughout an uncomplicated plot, and fine acting by the two principals...
...large portion of the new grants would be allocated to other Schools, more vocal faculty concern with Harvard's participation in the loan program would seem to be indicated. "With the failure of Senator Kennedy's bill, the matter again is becoming one for faculty debate, rather than administrative detail," one highly placed University officer has stated...