Word: greyingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...invited Russian technicians to study a 100,000-kw. power plant for Xiengkhouang, and asked Red North Viet Nam to build him a small hotel and houses for the diplomatic corps. He added genially: "I am encouraged by U.S. and Russian agreement on a neutral Laos." As he spoke, grey Ilyushin transports lumbered overhead on their way to land oil and military supplies...
...charts for three months. In Britain, where he drew record crowds and collected $100,000 at the box office, Brubeck was mobbed by squealing teenagers. But the Sunday Times's Iain Lang has summed up the general critical response in one sneering line: "Jazz in a grey flannel suit...
...Every day," explained the Trib ad in a message below its self-portrait, "chain-reactive events are put into perspective, complex news is organized for understanding. Proof that there can be more to a serious newspaper than great, grey columns of unevaluated news...
...Birmingham Repertory, played Shakespeare at Stratford on Avon and a brilliant roster of contemporary roles on the London stage. In one of his rare appearances outside the United Kingdom, he was mobbed six years ago by Moscow fans who admired his Hamlet. He has a wild shock of dark, grey-flecked hair and a face that seems to rearrange itself for every role he plays. Tall, diffident and no egoist, he is as disciplined as he is dedicated. Most extraordinary aspect of his genius is, in the words of Critic Tynan, "his power to enlarge a role until it fits...
...What you must learn is to master your own technique." He was strongly influenced by the childlike fantasies of Paul Klee and the emotion-soaked colors of Emile Nolde. Like Picasso, he went through "periods" keyed by colors. There were rose-colored paintings, followed by a long series of grey birds. Then his palette burst open, spilling out colors that glowed like stained glass. During the Nazi occupation, his colors faded, as if to reflect the blacked-out cities; but once the Germans surrendered, his paintings began to sparkle again...