Word: motif
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...sporty highball stirrers. Match the stick to the man, no matter what his drink. The stirrers are finished in dull gold, and come in a case that makes them a good decoration for a bar or buffet even when not in use. Each has a different sports motif and makes an unusual companion to a long drink...
Suitably adapted to one's way of life, the rear compartment can be used for hauling around books and other impedimenta, or with the addition of camp chairs, a folding bed, and a bar, a hearse can carry the super-station wagon motif into the rolling country club stage...
...musical picture themes, interrupted by a well-known "promenade" motif, illustrate "The Great Gate of Kiev," "A Peasant's Wagon," and the "Tuileries Gardens," among others...
...most painted object in the U.S. is probably a weather-beaten, 84-year-old fishing shack in Rockport, Mass, known to artists, professional and amateur, as "Motif No. 1." Rockport citizens have long taken jealous pride in preserving its warped red siding and sagging shingles in a state of paintworthy dilapidation. A year ago the tenant, Dana Vibert, lobster dealer, strung overhead wires to the shack to run an electric pump. Horrified art colonists demanded that he take them down; they spoiled the charm. Replied Vibert: "If you don't like the wires, don't paint...
...Well, upstairs on the fourth floor there are two unfinished rooms. The former students who lived in the house made them the scene of their artistic efforts. It's much higher than the subway type of art, but it's got one motif--naked women...