Word: handly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Wright's concept of architecture was so all-encompassing that it permeated nearly every aspect of his life, from his clothes, cut to his order and design, to the chairs, napkins, bed. and even the desk blotters that he used. Hand in hand with his passion for design went a Nietzschean sense of destiny. Said he: "Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change...
...jaunty assurance, charm, and dogged determination to achieve greatness were all in evidence by the time he was 19, looking for his first job as a draftsman in Chicago. His mother had destined him from the cradle to be an architect, hung his room with woodcuts of English cathedrals, hand-raised him according to the advanced Froebel kindergarten with its great emphasis on creative play with geometric blocks. Summertimes his mother's family, the Lloyd-Joneses-bearded, hymn-singing Welshmen who still boasted of their Druid motto. "Truth Against the World''-gave him a lesson in farm...
...table and washed the family laundry for the privilege of having a bench in Wright's drafting room. Draftsmen found themselves singing in the a cappella choir of 30 voices, playing in orchestra and quartet, performing with the dance groups. Wright treated them all as extensions of his hand, told them: "You can stay here for years and never touch the bottom, sides, or top of the great principles at work here...
After a quick study of the management proposal, McDonald replied: "I reject it out of hand." He accused the companies of a "publicity stunt," said, "Before the month is out [the industry] will be embarrassed by record riches which it can neither explain nor conceal...
Despite an unusually cold day, the largest crowd of the season watched the New York Rugby Club hand the Crimson its first loss, 9 to 8, here Saturday. The game was nevertheless very encouraging for the hosts...