Word: modernness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Tillman lives with his wife Paula in a modern, two-bedroom apartment in Milan furnished by Simmenthal, which also picks up the tab for incidentals. Last month, when Tillman's wife entered the hospital to have her first baby, the company took care of all the bills...
When Communist rioters swirled through the streets of Hong Kong in 1967, the business community trembled on the edge of chaos. The local stock market dropped to a modern low; bank deposits plunged; tourism dried up. Nearly 1,000 businessmen made inquiries about shifting to Taiwan or Singapore. But peace returned-and so did prosperity. No businesses actually moved out. Despite the monumental inconveniences caused by what is now euphemistically called "the disturbances," 1967 turned out to be Hong Kong's best export year until then, and 1968 was even better in every respect. Last week, as it celebrated...
...full adversity, for he was a doctor and he spent much of his adult life in a run-down Parisian suburb as one of those slum saints who cure what is curable in the poor for little or no pay. Partly as a result, he viewed the body of modern society with unparalleled revulsion and no hope. The only cure for life, he came to feel, was death...
This sort of a rush on slots at the Tea Party often produces some magnificent double-bills. Last weekend, for example--when, in a battle of modern country-music giants in front of a packed house, the Byrds narrowly outplayed the Flying Burrito Bros. (made up of ex-Byrds...
...surprisingly, the major emphasis at the Ark is on creating an elaborate and stylized fantasy environment, with the music as more a contributing than dominating factor. This effort at atmosphere is sometimes pursued a little too relentlessly but the overall result is nevertheless an interesting, sometimes fascinating, blend of modern multi-media techniques...