Word: outdoor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hours with visits and visitors, handshakes, receptions, whisperings, conferences. Yet the crucial matters of the moment now seemed strangely suspended, like a mural of some bygone battle posted on a restaurant wall. It was a lovely yacht club, Stevenson mused; the new terrace was a perfect place for outdoor entertaining. Had anybody noticed the large number of yachts moored near by? How did the Chicago Cubs make out (Cubs 0, Redlegs 2)? When the taxi stopped at his hotel, an aide turned Stevenson's attention to a car flying a "Stevenson for President" banner. Stevenson gave a perfunctory look...
...Christ''-into the cylindrical, louvered educational building with its 50 schoolrooms (each with its own washroom), its movie and sound equipment, its $50,000 kitchen ("The women had their way here"), its 500-capacity dining room looking out over the parking lots (675 cars when completed) and outdoor theater (where Miss Oklahoma was picked last month). Pastor Alexander proudly shows off the deeply carpeted little theater-in-the-round, now used by dramatic and ballet groups. "This is our jewel box." he explains. "But from the outside it just looks like a pimple." The concrete, 150 ft. bell...
...outdoor setting added much to the atmosphere of the play. William D. Roberts has designed an awesome set of towering (fifteen feet) platforms and Gothic arches. The stage is sombre, but only to act as background for the lush costumes and lighting. Brilliant greens highlight Satan--strange amber tones play over the Witches' revels where nudes and hags mingle in what might have been better dances. Unfortunately they suffered from lack of definitive choreography and professional performance. Satan would not tolerate such slip-shod work on the part of his disciples...
...Loma Weekly has its problems. Reports Liberian-born Editor Miller: "We were pleased to read your article in the recent issue of TIME (May 21 ) under PRESS and note the increased circulation of newspapers throughout the world. We wanted to save the article, but a cow entered our outdoor bathing place...
...winter she works out five days a week in the Y.M.-Y.W.C.A. pool near her Ridgewood home. Once a week she travels to Manhattan for professional training at the Women's Swimming Association. When the weather warms up, she spends every day at Ridgewood's outdoor municipal pool, swims a mile morning and evening when the pool is uncrowded. "Afternoons," says Carin, "I put on my plaid bathing suit and go down with the kids and have a good time." There, she is always careful not to outdo her male friends...