Word: glasses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...advance of the Western summit, but will join the presidential party aboard the cruiser. As his top diplomatic adviser Ike will take to Asia the State Department's retiring Troubleshooter Bob Murphy, who will delay his retirement (and starting his new jobs as a director of Corning Glass Works and president of Corning Glass Works International) to make the trip. New look on the diplomatic team: Daughter-in-Law Barbara Eisenhower, who will accompany Ike's aide and son, Major John, and act as hostess on behalf of Mamie Eisenhower. The First Lady, said Ike at his press...
...least 47 seats, a gain the campaign manager himself had ruled out beforehand as "impossible." "The fight of the 20 against one has ended with the complete failure of the 20," crowed Ben-Gurion. His nimbus of white hair awhirl, the old (73) warrior jubilantly raised a glass of vermouth, proclaimed his victory toast: "To life...
...week existence, Quincy House has received praise for its construction--of the $4.7 million new part. By contrast, Mather Hall, beautiful in its day, has now become second-rate. Without such "necessities" as elevators, private study-bedrooms, or large plate glass windows, the 27-year-old building holds little appeal. Quincy students consequently do not relish the thought of moving into Mather when this facility officially becomes part of Quincy next fall...
Eastern's new terminal, a three-story expanse of granite, concrete and emerald-tinted glass, is nearly double the floor space for the entire Newark Airport building, which is used by eleven airlines. Its main lobby is bigger than the main concourse of either Grand Central or Pennsylvania stations. To handle the 2.3 million passengers expected to move through it next year on 104 daily flights, the terminal is equipped with inclined ramps instead of stairways, a null electronic flight-information board, three-lane enclosed auto driveways that lead into the first and second floors, a dining room, cocktail...
...Hulot can't sit in, and a garden featuring a metallic fish which spouts water (used for company only). Director Tati and his man Hulot take this cheery homestead and turn it into a mechanized madhouse. Hulot, after discovering a rubber-based pitcher that bounces, tried to bounce a glass, only to find that brother-in-law's technicians haven't modernized that item yet. When a modern sofa proves impossible for Hulot to sleep in, he discovers that turned on it side it fits the contours of his body perfectly...