Word: displays
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...higher mathematics, and ran close to U.S. performance in oceanography, cryogenics and geology. The Russians moved up in air defense, long-range bomber capacity, and in reorganizing their traditionally massive ground forces into small, fast-moving units capable of using tactical atomic weapons. Says General Maxwell Taylor: "The equipment display in the 7th of November Moscow parade included numerous such weapons, one at least a tactical army missile of greater range than any presently operating in the U.S. Army...
...century later is the 16th century calendar from a Book of Hours made in Bruges, and included this week by Manhattan's Morgan Library in its display of choice manuscripts. Made to be used year after year, the Bruges calendar has the days of the week numbered alphabetically, with set Feast Days, such as the Annunciation to Mary in March, indicated at right. The "Golden Numbers" at left form a table of the lunar cycles from which Easter and the movable Feast Days can be determined for any given year. Below are delightful vignettes of contemporary 16th century life...
...hatred of churches and of the Industrial Revolution. But Blake's angers and oddities gradually cease to annoy as his radiance grows more apparent and his honors increase. Items: ¶The year's many Blake exhibitions in British museums had their climax in last week's display at London's Tate Gallery. Washington's National Gallery of Art this fall hung a vast Blake exhibition drawn from both England and America. ¶Articles, lectures and broadcasts on Blake are being read and heard in many tongues, including Hindi and Japanese. A color film...
...more imaginative pop and show tunes are now recorded on LPs. The 45, with only three minutes to sell its wares, relies on the babbling lyrics and thudding beat of rock 'n' roll and kindred styles. But the LP provides time for the leisurely display of stylists and songs, has pushed the outer age limit of pop record buyers into the 405, and now accounts for two-thirds of cash pop sales...
First of all, Knopf hits the booksellers. Most of them, he grumbles, are content merely to display books, make no effort to sell them. While the big book clubs peddle and pass out books by the hundreds of thousands, bookstore owners lazily rake in 40% commissions on books that leave the counters under their own power, pack the rest back to the publishers. The result is that "much of the time our inventory is gone today and here tomorrow...