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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...decide the ultimate structure of that freedom is the task of the assemblymen, who will gather on Sept. 26 in the shabby National Cultural Center in downtown Saigon (it will get a fresh coat of paint before then). The biggest question is by what formula the military and civilians can share power in a nation at war-a country in which the military is the only strong, cohesive force...
Behind that myth is a backstage world that matches the dream in technological terms. It is a world within worlds, a vast labyrinth of shops-carpentry, electrical, wig, prop, tailor, paint-two ballet studios, 20 rehearsal rooms (three of them as large as the main stage), 14 dressing rooms for principal singers, and hangar-sized chambers capable of storing the sets for all 23 of the Met's productions this season. For the singers, accustomed to the Stygian confines of the old Met, it was like being turned loose in Wyoming; so many of them got lost...
History & Drama. Venice remained his main proving ground. Though the paintings that Tiepolo is known to have done for the Doge have been lost, they led to a commission from the Archbishop of Udine, a member of the noble Venetian family of Dolfin, to execute the frescoes for the cathedral in Udine and paint the cycle for the Ca' Dolfin in Venice. Stylistically, Tiepolo was still feeling his way: his warm reds and yellows had not yet dissolved into the icy whites and blues that would dominate his later work; his vigorous brush had yet to master fully...
...dangers, and they ingested more than enough of the metal to make trouble a certainty. Not only did Pliny the Elder counsel that "leaden and not bronze pots should be used," but lead was also important in the manufacture of water pipes, cups, sieves, cosmetics, external medicines, paint, and, ironically, coffins...
...classrooms throughout the country. Creating a haiku, teachers have found, expands a child's imagery, provides a quick sense of accomplishment because of its brevity. But the basic appeal of a haiku, says Mrs. Finley, is that "it is poetry, and children love poetry-they love to paint word pictures...