Word: mushroomer
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Beneath the mushroom shadow that hung over Berlin, the cold war's moves and countermoves continued. Last week President Kennedy announced that he was sending retired General Lucius Clay, commander of U.S. forces in Europe during the tense days of the 1948-49 airlift, back to Berlin as his personal representative. Berlin knew Clay as a clear-and tough minded man who would report the situation as he saw it without diplomatic sweetening. Cried West Berlin's Mayor Willy Brandt: "Berlin will welcome him like a homecoming...
...projection, the future is now often seen in apocalyptic terms. Fate poses as "the bomb," and the cult of the mushroom cloud is, in many cases, a grand projection of private fears having nothing to do with atomic war. In contemplation of world ruin, a would-be tragic hero finds grisly self-fulfillment. Part of the same syndrome is fearful talk about historical inevitability, about the decline of the West. In each case, ample evidence suggests a realistic fear, but among those with apocalyptic strivings, the process is often reversed: the fear finds the evidence. (Similar, too, is our censorship...
...setting them apart from that older fashion cliche, the little black dress. The fall collections suggest that most people have already had enough of this spring's overaccent on garish pinks. Designer Bill Blass of Maurice Rentner is leaning heavily on the neutral shades-"the wet sand and mushroom colors...
Just before dawn one morning last week, a 98-ft. Atlas-Able rocket rose majestically from its launching pad and for 68 seconds cut a brilliant, steady swath through the Florida sky. Then, suddenly, the rocket's nose lurched, and an instant later a red-orange mushroom blast shattered the sixth U.S. attempt to put a paddle-wheel satellite in orbit around the moon. If the feat had succeeded, it would have rivaled even the Russian successes of hitting the moon and photographing its backside...
...Wright have always let one corner of the mind dwell on the impossible. Their most grandiose schemes often end up in the wastebasket, either stymied by technology or vetoed by those who regard themselves as more practical (and sometimes are). But the visionary architects go on dreaming of mushroom-shaped houses, glass pyramids and spiral cities. Last week, in a lively show called "Visionary Architecture," Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art had on display some famous designs that never got built...