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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hard by Moore's field is Moore's simple whitewashed studio where he works on an open veranda under a transparent roof that keeps him from being rained out. Last week he was chipping away at a huge chunk of dazzling white plaster against the deep green grass and bright blue sky. It was the working model for the 30-ton marble reclining figure of a woman that will be placed in front of the UNESCO building in Paris. It will be completed next year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: SCULPTURE OUTSIDE | 8/12/1957 | See Source »

...Galloping into the homestretch, Jockey Doug Dodson urged four-year-old Manassas into the lead, held off the final drive of Swoon's Son and flashed across the finish line the 6½-to-1 winner of last week's $125,400 Arlington Handicap on the grass at Arlington Park outside Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Aug. 5, 1957 | 8/5/1957 | See Source »

Catholic Taste. In Spring Creek, Pa., the sheriff was trying to deduce what sort of thieves they were who robbed Andrew Szewczuk of 1) 300 lbs. of frozen beef, 2) 1,000 phonograph records, 3) 40 gallons of paint, 4) a hot-water tank, 5) a grass seeder, 6) a leather jacket, 7) a pair of roller skates, and 8) some false-teeth powder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 5, 1957 | 8/5/1957 | See Source »

William D. Roberts has provided the play with highly effective colonnade settings which, with alternations, serve as a study, an English park, a Spanish moor, and a hacienda. The grass in front of the stage, moreover, makes a perfect roadway for the introduction of Tanner's early-model automobile...

Author: By George H. Watson, | Title: Man and Superman | 7/18/1957 | See Source »

...Turf Blotter. A self-propelled machine that soaks up excess moisture from golf greens, grass-covered playing fields and hard-surfaced tennis courts is being sold by West Point Products Corp. A roller made of 24 cellulose sponges absorbs the water, squeezes it into a disposal pan. Cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Jul. 8, 1957 | 7/8/1957 | See Source »

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