Word: izing
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From all over France the curious have been making their way to Ize in the Loire Valley, eager for a glimpse of the new stained-glass windows in the village church. These pilgrims are in search not of religious inspiration but of a chuckle. When the chapel was rebuilt four years ago, a glassmaker from Tours had a little private fun as he created the new windows with a touch of Gallic wit. Flanking Jesus in the Resurrection scene on one of the windows are two Roman guards dressed in gladiatorial drag and bearing the distinct likenesses of French President...
...away from the public eye at that point, as his "permanent" associations with first-rank orchestras died and offers to guest conduct diminished. Quite naturally, Stokowski's sudden death last week elicited a mixed bag of memories of the figure so dynamic and controversial that the verb "to Stokowski-ize" nearly became part of our language...
...guide through this gallery of horrors, Newman tries to keep everybody's spirits up with wisecracks. His chapter headings give the flavor: "A One-Way Streetcar Named Detente," "Ize Front," "Paradigm Lost." But the charm of persistent jokiness begins to pall long before the tour is over...
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...convince Congress that the surtax is urgent, Fowler and Martin spent much of last week on Capitol Hill. Fowler described the surtax as a "war tax," said that the Administration was even willing to raise taxes back to their levels before the 1964 reduction. The move would real ize $22 billion, rather than a previously estimated $10 billion...