Word: glasse
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...thousands of honking, creeping cars, buses and trucks hung like fog over the city from early morning until late evening. Cinemas were packed, and hard rock boomed from juke boxes at bars like the Papillon, the Bunny and the Eden. Giggling bar girls sipped "Saigon Tea," at $1.69 a glass, while their G.I. boy friends tossed down "33" beer. The coffee shops along Tu Do Street were jammed once more, as were the city's myriad open-air markets. Saigon was coming alive, and it was the fresh prospect of peace that was responsible...
Mayor Daley's head on a platter. Iowa University Sculptor Hans Breder, who makes delicate, dicelike constructions, had one of his students blast holes in a pair with a rifle, then put the violated work in a glass case and presented it as his offering...
...downtown Community Plaza. Its four main galleries loom theatrically over the concrete-paved concourse. Inside, visitors pass through a spacious 35-ft.-high central court, then climb to the galleries on a swirling, circular stairway. They can promenade from one gallery to the next without descending, thanks to glass-curtained, connecting bridges that overlook both court and outdoor plaza. Pei believes that such bridges give a "change of pace" between exhibition rooms. "Besides," he adds, "in a museum your eyes need a rest...
...Netherlands ranks second, with $1.4 billion, partly because of its shares in the Anglo-Dutch companies, Unilever and Shell. Following a trend toward joint venture, chemical-making DSM and PPG Industries (formerly Pittsburgh Plate Glass) are building a $20 million plant in Augusta, Ga., to make caprolactam, a nylon ingredient...
Last year's renovations included the installation of a circular room lined with bookcases and carpeted in red, the engagement of a specialist in the repair of Delft tile, and the restoration of some of the Castle's leaded glass windows, Rivaldo said. "We also bought a lot of wine," he added...