Word: ferring
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...Barbaro villa), objecting to murals in churches-"Among all colors none is more suitable to temples than white; by reason that the purity of this color. . . is highly grateful to God." Of course, the preference was not God's but Palladio's. Why did he pre fer white? Because the protagonist in his Venetian churches, San Giorgio Maggiore and the Redentore, no less than in his villas, is light-the rich, fugitive, unstable light of the lagoon and the inland plain. Reflected from the creamy Istrian stone, absorbed by brick work and stucco, or washing solemnly across...
...stand for another bat tle of the hemlines." But by week's end, most buyers had convinced themselves that things might turn out all right. Many of the styles did expose part of the knee, and there were enough variations to of fer a wide choice. Skirt orders by American buyers were running ahead of last year...
...doctors, engineers and lawyers among his clients and two former state governors among his alumni. The average student attends classes for six to eight months, progressing up the proficiency hierarchy from blue neckerchief on to red, yellow and white. All students are given a capoeira name by the master: Fer-de-Lance and Strong-as-a-Rock are two examples...
...initiative, and get little recognition when they do. "A secretary works hard at putting it all together, but the credit often goes to the boss," says a top secretary at a major New York-based pharmaceutical firm. Another almost universal gripe: being asked to serve as the office "go fer," who is sent out to buy coffee, cigarettes and the like. A secretary is both a necessity and a comforting luxury for many executives, who are terror-stricken at the prospect of having to do without one. But she certainly should be encouraged to do much more than menial jobs...