Word: displays
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Central America, that were discovered by a Peabody Museum expedition (see, color). Like the vast majority of items on display, they 'could not be called "beautiful" in any ordinary sense of the term. But, as Fine Arts Director Perry Rathbone pointed out in the exhibition catalogue, "beauty has become only one province...
Appealing to the new power of women unleashed since the war, brokers have spread the gospel of manibiru (money building)*all over Japan, display elaborate charts and brochures in remote hamlets to show how buying one $28 bond every month will build to $2,800 in 78 months. Every investment company has its "Golden Tree" or "Millionaire" club, whose members avidly read financial news bulletins, flock to jargon-heavy lectures by female stock-market experts. Companies operate scores of advisory offices in department stores and train stations, where shoppers and commuters can dash in to buy shares in investment trusts...
Among the traditional Chinese sayings Mao Tse-tung likes to quote is the one about a fool: "He lifted the rock only to crush his feet." Last week, in a rare display of defensiveness, Chairman Mao was busily reassuring his subjects that hehad not dropped the rocky island of Quemoy on his toes...
...Pittsburgh. The Minneapolis Tribune relied on its statewide poll to indicate trends, let its readers make their own forecasts. All four Los Angeles papers ran poll results, otherwise avoided getting out on a limb. As for the other New York newspapers, the most remarkable performance was a public display of neuro-journalism by the New York Post (see below). The usually hep New York Daily News pulled an Election-Night boner with the un-Newsworihy headline, HARRIMAN JUMPS AHEAD IN CITY VOTE, at the same hour that the competitive Mirror was proclaiming ROCKY WINS. The Herald Tribune's national...
This awesome offensive and defensive display brought the freshman record to 4-0. The Yardlings have scored 93 points while giving up only...