Word: details
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...foreign employee of a U.S. Government agency, Daninos received the usual four-page questionnaire asking about his 1) birth & parentage, 2) complexion & distinctive body marks, 3) emotional & mental state, 4) drinking habits, 5) aliases, if any, 6) connections with the Communist Party, if any, 7) past & present employment in detail-and some 50 other questions. Daninos filled in the questionnaire, named three character references, duly swore that he had no intention of "upsetting the U.S. Government by force or violence...
Styled in silver, this sterling cigarette holder is a replica of an early 18th Century Colonial Ale tankard. It stands 2 3/4 inches high and was fashioned in detail by one of Boston's oldest silversmits, GEBELEIN, at 79 Chestnut...
...actual count, this cab driver (or his female counterpart, an anonymous scrubwoman) has been quoted 34 times in the past six months. He never yet has failed to comprehend both the broad picture and the significant detail behind each story, and his succinct wisdom is beautifully quotable. I haven't been able to figure out his nationality. Sometimes he is a shrugging Frenchman, frequently a shrewd but likable Cockney. In the Nov. 12 issue he is an analytical Swede ("the only thing that puzzles me is how could a simple Navy N.C.O. get access to so many top secrets...
...Detroit, Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity, angrily asked the publisher of Webster's New International Dictionary to change its definition of the word "journalistic." Webster's definition: "characteristic of journalism or journalists; hence, of style, characterized by evidences of haste, superficiality of thought, inaccuracies of detail, colloquialisms and sensationalism." Cried Sigma Delta Chi: "A slander." Replied Dr. Everett Thompson, an editor of the dictionary: "We can't help" what people call journalists...
...three centuries after his death Bruegel was considered a vulgarian and a boor, almost beneath the notice of refined art lovers. He painted the world around 16th Century Antwerp just as he saw it, with a sharp reporter's eye for detail. He drew with the assurance (though not the delicacy) of DÜrer, and the informal air of his most complex pictures conceals a master-composer's iron hand. Love of life-the smooth along with the rough-was the driving force in his work; he scorned artiness and sentimentality...