Word: homeyness
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...needs to survive on a modern stage. Mr. McBain has apparently understood this requirement, but his intermittant attempts to provide are the sorts of cures that kill. Where the play cries out for a locale--a definite fix in time and space--he has staged it with settings as homey and identifiable as the mountains of the moon, and costumes suggestive of a Bulgarian re-make of Flash Gordon. The addition of a sort of light show-cyclorama, beautiful as it may be in the abstract works largely to complement the confusion...
Whatever the eventual figures, the new House is not likely to be a homey place-for anybody. In all likelihood Democrats will bear the responsibility for running a House over which they will have little real control. The Republicans will probably elect more Representatives than at any time since the 33rd Congress (1953-54), when they had a majority in the House. But they are unlikely to elect enough to win formal control. Thus, aging Massachusetts Democrat John McCormack, 76 is likely to be elected to a fifth term as Speaker, and Michigan Republican Gerald Ford, 55, will probably...
Truc has by far the most exciting collection of posters around, ranging from fifty cents to fifty dollars. It has everything from homey "You don't have to be Jewish to Love Levy's" posters, and original Klee posters for his own exhibitions, to Paris street posters and Polish circus posters...
...with a dilemma." "What's that?" asked Johnson, perking up. "We like lots of glass, but we need wall space for our collection." "Interesting," said Johnson, who adds today: "I can think of nothing better than to live in a museum, as long as it's homey...
Bauhaus Byzantine. "Homey," it turns out, needs a fairly broad definition to encompass what the Kreegers wanted. Both music lovers, they are locally famous for their elegant parties and chamber music recitals, to which they invite politicians, diplomats and society leaders. So, while their specifications called for only three bedrooms, that did not include a servants' wing with three additional bedrooms, two baths and sitting room. And for the swimming pool, the Kreegers thought that it would be nice to have an extra pool-level kitchen, not to mention a Plexiglas-roofed inner court for tropical plants...