Word: indigo
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...Young Memorial Museum. In Arizona, the jagged patches of orange, yellow and brown suggest a Southwestern desert landscape. The tall, sail-shaped stripes of Regales evoke a boat race amid shafts of sun and wind. In Icare, the flame-colored, bird-like shapes against an indigo background may well reflect the Greek legend of the mortal who tried to fly to the sun and ended up plunging into the sea in flames. But as in most of his works, says Mategot, the title did not come until after the design was completed...
...setting is a graveyard. The event is a funeral for a man named Cock Certain. It is a starry night, and four sad people have gathered to say goodbye to the man who breathed life into them all. These people- called Miss Indigo Jones, Robin Breast Western, Filigree Bones and Fibber Kidding- cannot agree on any specific facts concerning their dearly beloved, but that doesn't matter. What does matter is what they do agree on: It is all no use. No use to go on living in a world where all we can wait for is the inevitable senseless...
Emlen's test subject was the indigo bunting, a little songbird and prodigious commuter that flies as far as 6,000 miles a year between Canada and Central America. Emlen put the birds in a planetarium and studied their reaction to fall star patterns. To his surprise, the birds seemed to ignore the artificial heavens on the planetarium dome. Outside it was spring, and the birds always tried to head north...
...same time satisfy his own well-honed sense of duty. Taking along only his cello, a record player and a metal cabinet for some of his papers, he moved into Pantycelyn Hall, a dormitory for the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth. The Prince's arrival, in his indigo MG, transformed the sleepy seacoast town (pop. 10,460). Tourists poured in, and so did police and the press, to mingle obtrusively with Aberystwyth's miniskirted or denim-clad locals...
...demand for trousers strong enough to withstand the rigors of mining. Using bolts of tent canvas, he devised what quickly came to be known around San Francisco as "those pants of Levi's." Over the years, denim replaced canvas, and Levi's acquired their distinctive indigo-blue color and low-slung design. Strauss, a bachelor, died in 1902, leaving the company to four nephews...