Word: display
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...adaptation of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," produced by the palace harem to display its western culture, loses none of its ingenuousness on the screen, and is infinitely more convincing in its impressionistic sets than any troupe of true Siamese could effect...
MOSCOW FAIR FOR U.S. industry and agriculture next summer is latest Soviet overture to boost East-West trade. Reds want American businessmen to display industrial machines, agricultural products, fashions and fabrics. Reds say they will also set aside $15 million to buy goods of "outstanding quality" right off display stands...
...trials were probably the greatest display of mass U.S. track-and-field prowess in history, and by their records the U.S. should have the greatest team it has ever sent to the Olympics. In six events, U.S. athletes ran faster and jumped higher than any other American ever had before. In three of the events, they exceeded what any other man had ever done anywhere...
...case of Greenwood's picture, documentary value far outweighs esthetic merit. In others, such as Feke's portrait of Clergyman Hiscox, the balance is kept even. But whether viewed primarily as art or as history, the colonial canvases make an eye-opening display...
Women's instinct for tidiness inclines to deprive them of the power of making a true reminiscence. Dust and unsuitable objects are often removed from the rooms in which they choose to display the bric-a-brac and furniture of their lives. The bedroom, especially, is tidy after the event...