Word: furnishings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their pat situations and inevitable chains of clues, may seem real to a reader who can make good use of his imagination. On stage, the same situations take on an absurdity which no amount of courtroom hysterics, tearing of hair, and general melodrama can erase. Two hours do not furnish enough time to develop the complex details of a murder, and at the same time create characters who even remotely resemble real people...
...wait for creation of the agency itself. To get Eisenhower's program started in spirit and fact, the U.S. offered a proposition of its own. It was ready, said Lodge, to conclude bilateral agreements with other nations to help them build and operate research reactors; the U.S. would furnish technical advice and help, and supply fissionable materials. In addition, the U.S. would throw open a large part of its research and training facilities to all nations...
...scenery for both pieces is by Richard Kaplan. For Arcadia he showed imagination with a set of suggestive stick construction and stark blue-grey flats. The de Musset piece he tried to furnish with draperies and props that, supposed to be sumptuous, were merely shabby...
There are some good housing developments for student couples. Holden Green, one of the largest, was built specifically to furnish low cost, non-profit housing for married Harvard students. The apartments are large and comfortable, the prices low--and the waiting list for space is usually a year. Until a couple manager to enter the development, the interim may be an unpleasant time in small, expensive rooms near the University...
...portable mechanism, rumored to be in the development stages, also may soon be available to students. It analyzes multiple choice exams and automatically scores the right answers with 90 percent accuracy. Until its appearance, however, students will have to rely on their own efforts to furnish the marks that "Irma" will correlate next January...