Word: exteriors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reducing exterior pressure on the abdominal wall, Heyns hoped to allow it to protrude further, accommodating the changing shape of the womb. He and his colleagues put together a crude decompression device, tried it out on several expectant mothers. Sure enough, it produced a dramatic shortening in the duration of labor, reduced discomfort, and brought the women who submitted to the tests into the final stages of birth in a more relaxed and vigorous state. Word of the boon soon spread...
Perhaps the most personal element of Edlestein's shooting style is his use of light to convey subtle moods. Especially impressive are the exterior sequences involving Sally and John, typically shot on the edge of overexposure, with a harsh, grainy film texture; the domestic interiors featuring John and Kate are richly and softly shadowed, a heavy dependence placed on natural light sources...
Under Jenkins' velvet exterior, though, ripples a thick political hide. As Aviation Minister in 1965-he became Home Secretary the same year-Jenkins withstood heavy Tory fire for canceling construction of three new types of planes and insisting that the British aviation industry reorganize. He firmly believes that the British people will accept sacrifices, provided that these will bring a "sharp break with the weaknesses of the past." The British learned a little bit more last week about just how much they will be asked to sacrifice. Partly in order to get a $1.4 billion credit from the International...
Yamasaki's William James Hall is one of the best examples of the artistic, intuitive approach. The exterior is an artistic study in perspective, but it is competely out of proportion with the rest of the Harvard campus. Thus it is isolated from its environment...
...even getting inside. The only entrance is hidden from the street, under an overhang, and near the building's geometric center. Its combination of curved and planar surface screate a kind of dynamic visual movement few buildings have. Its axis is on a diagonal from Quincy St.; but the exterior has no "sides...