Word: finlandization
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Working with a mock-up in Finland, Aalto passed on everything, down to the individual blue ceramic tiles that line the lobby, specially designed the laminated Finnish birch furniture and the reedlike gold-dipped light fixtures and lamps. Following his principle that a straight line is the shortest distance to boredom, Aalto made walls undulate outward to make the whole room a stage for the view, and paneled them like a painter with pale American ash. "Wood," says he, "is close to human experience." Showing off Aalto's virtuosity with wood, these slender columns are made of tiny wooden...
...Finland. The anti-Nikita faction actually mustered a majority in the Presidium, voting 7-4 to throw...
MATTI FORSS Helsinki, Finland...
Mills' medal was the only one for the U.S. in track today. Finland's Paul Nevala won the javelin with a throw of 271 feet, 21/4 inches. Gergley Kulcsar of Hungary was second and Jan Lusis of the USSR third...
...basketball team rolled to two more easy wins, 77-50 over Finland and 60-48 over Peru...