Word: greyingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bone, the temporarily disabling gases used in Viet Nam seem more humane than horrible. But the words "gas warfare" and "experimenting" stirred macabre memories. There was the afternoon of April 22, 1915, when German infantrymen gave the world its first whiff of poison-gas warfare by sending a huge, grey-green cloud of noxious chlorine rolling over two French divisions in the trenches at Ypres, killing 5,000, incapacitating 10,000, and cutting a 31-mile swath in Allied lines. There were the later bar rages of phosgene, chloropicrin, and particularly, of mustard...
...newest and most moderate leaders, wanted to make a good impression on the province he had inherited five months ago when Northern Rhodesia became independent. Kaunda accompanied the Litunga to the royal barge, where Sir Mwamawina switched his garb-from a frock coat, striped trousers and pearl-grey topper to the Royal Navy uniform his father had worn...
...Bugs. He is not the only addict with unaddled grey matter. Near Georgia Tech, a drive-in-eatery caled The Varsity draws the most viewers with its four tube rooms equipped with desk-armed chairs to encourage eating. And the type The Varsity mostly draws? "It's the fat boy who's a real brain; he's there all the time," says one senior. Of course, as a University of Minnesotan sniffs, TV is also "for the 'C-C-ers' and down. The rest are too busy with the books to be socked down before...
Math-ow) may sound familiar, but, despite 21 movies, 21 Broadway plays and 158 TV shows, it is mostly just something dimly recalled from the grey of the co-credits. But no more. Because Playwright Neil Simon knew him, ad mired his work, and wrote the role specifically for him, Matthau, 44 is now starring in Broadway's new smash comedy The Odd Couple (TIME, March 19) and he is so belly achingly funny as a loutish sportswriter that no one will ever forget him again...
Then last week another Rembrandt came up for auction, a painting of the artist's son Titus done between 1645 and 1648. Much smaller than the Met's Aristotle, it is a painting rich in charm, warm with sentiment. It shows an angelic child dressed in a grey-brown tunic and wearing a yellow cap topped with red and yellow plumes. Theatrical? Yes. But Rembrandt had reason for wanting to please the lad. His mother, Saskia, had died, and the servant girl Hendrickje Stoffels had only recently entered the house to care for him. To Rembrandt...