Word: paints
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...brick tower, with its four clock faces and gold paint, described by Ives as "Jewish rococo," crumbled in a fire...
BILLY APPLE, 30, a New Zealander (real name: Barrie Bates) who works in Manhattan, believes "neon is the purest, hippest color in the world; Day-glo phosphorescent paint looks 1929-ish next to it." In Auckland, he wanted to be an engineer, now carefully varies the diameter of his neon tubes to produce different hues. Apple turned to art and working in a paint factory, he contracted dermatitis and a lasting dislike for turpentine. Even before he arrived at London's Royal College of Art, he says, he found his solution in electric colors. While experimenting with them, Apple...
...Korean War. After a brief stint transporting grain to India, she was retired again. Last week the Red Oak, one of 101 Victory ships dragged out of mothballs for service in Viet Nam, was ready to sail again after a $400,000 refit and new coat of grey paint. For her rededication, Red Oak Mayor Joseph Tiffin flew to Portland, Ore., with a specially stitched town flag, which Captain Robert Blood will hoist when the ship weighs anchor for Viet Nam with a cargo of lumber and ammunition. Said Maritime Administrator Nicholas Johnson at the ceremony: "Once more Americans...
...Judson Memorial, most of whose 140 parishioners are not bearded beats but middle-class Manhattanites. Encouraged by Pastor Howard Moody, a Baptist, the congregants composed their own Thanksgiving Day jazz service, and one Ash Wednesday service featured a dancer who, to the accompaniment of Negro blues, doused himself in paint as a sign of mortification. Judson's theology, sums up Assistant Minister Al Carmines, a Methodist, is simple: "What is God about? God is about people and their needs...
...parking space and prompt deliveries, customers have turned Sears's air-conditioned Latin American bazaars into human hormigueros, or anthills. What shoppers primarily come for, however, are the goods, which are tailored to Latin American tastes. Clothing styles owe more to Europe than the U.S. The tool and paint departments, which are mainstays in the U.S., scarcely exist in Latin America, where cheap labor and a middle-class aversion to manual work prevent any do-it-yourself...