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Word: nearsightedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Radar Screen. For wearers and spectators alike, the nude look presents certain problems. "If you run while wearing see-throughs," says Penelope Tree, "you have to be careful. You could overflow like warm Camembert cheese." There are the oglers, against whom Mrs. Scull protects herself by taking off her glasses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Fashion: The Way of All Flesh | 5/16/1969 | See Source »

Nobby foreheads and fishlike smiles of a large group of busts portraying the politicians of the Louis Philippe government dominate the exhibit. Here Daumier's style stands out. Pinching the features into blobs and twists, he skillfully expresses a particular miser or nearsighted fool. Originally molded in unbaked clay and...

Author: By Cynthia Saltzman, | Title: Daumier Sculpture | 5/14/1969 | See Source »

In that nearsighted view of progress, says Williams College's Sheafe Satterthwaite, lies the crux of the problem: American industrial architecture can be preserved only if the people's viewpoint is changed.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Architecture: Monuments Just Don't Pay | 9/6/1968 | See Source »

AT THE DROP OF ANOTHER HAT is a chatter-and-patter revue by two stage personalities, Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, who might have come through the looking glass. They guide their devotees through a wonderland of whimsy, where, among other things, a nearsighted armadillo falls in love with a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Broadway: Feb. 17, 1967 | 2/17/1967 | See Source »

AT THE DROP OF ANOTHER HAT is a chatter-and-patter revue by two stage personalities, Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, who might have come through the looking glass. They lead their devotees through a wonderland of whimsy, where, among other things, a nearsighted armadillo falls in love with a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Broadway: Feb. 10, 1967 | 2/10/1967 | See Source »

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