Word: eye
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...word, each of these aspirants possess certain positive claims to prominence which make him a challenging figure in the public eye but which may cause him to be regarded askance by political managers looking for the safe and harmless candidate behind whom a tired convention can swing into line. They must be sure that their dark horse possesses none of the attributes of a white elephant...
...crowded districts of the city in order to provide air and sunlight in the streets and for smaller buildings, a new shape has been imposed upon architects. But even with this restriction, the space left cannot be completely utilized since the pile must continue to taper to satisfy the eye. The American Radiator Building which is built of black brick rises to a height of 200 feet where a gilded tower, illuminated at night, seems to float in a hazy cloud. New buildings are usually built in the mass envelope shape, with either slight frequent by flanking towers. Dean Edgell...
...study of 10 photographs by Kilham of Rockefeller's new Radio city development shows that the camera can be made as sensitive to art as the human eye, and that there is a fine poetry in the clattering bigness of industrial activity which rivals the tranquility of classicism. Several of the photographs are studies in light and shadow on the clay models of Radio City, appear like actual buildings seen from the air. Richard and Hofmeister, Corbett, Harrison and MacMurray, Hood and Faulihour are the architects who have designed the Rockefeller project. It consists of eight separate units, staggered...
...introduction of "wet" collodion plates brought new hope, and by their use in 1857 George P. Bond, the son and successor of William Bond, succeeded in photographing stars of the sixth magnitude, which includes all visible to the naked eye. About one hundred plates of this period are used in the Harvard collection in good condition...
...studying the other House libraries are better equipped. The selection of books reflects the predominance of Economics, Romance Languages, and English specialists in the personnel of the House. In the cellar of Hicks House the Library has its massive vault for precious books, where carefully guarded from the vulgar eye lie such treasures as an Ellesmere edition of Chaucer, and an early set of Beaumont and Fletcher. In addition, in order to protect the sensitive spirits of Kirkland House, the library has placed Mother Goose Censored, the Limericks of Norman Douglas, and James Joyce's Ulysses down in the vault...