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...creative power of such an old master as Robert Edmond Jones, the freshness of up-&-coming George Jenkins, the occasional witty elegance of Howard Bay. But he is seldom commonplace. To Writer Djuna Barnes his unique gift is "to lay age upon his settings," give them "a rich patina of occupancy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Dec. 24, 1945 | 12/24/1945 | See Source »

While he has never flown a modern, fast combat plane, and has never flown on or off a carrier's deck, Bull Halsey has more of the patina of the flyer than most others of the Navy's Johnny-come-latelies to aviation-and shows his age less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF JAPAN: Bull's-Eye | 7/23/1945 | See Source »

Until last week Plouvien was just another of the quaint, peaceful villages that dot the Breton peninsula-a set pattern of small tidy houses, large untidy barns and barnyards, a few shops, a church at the crossroads. Even their names-Plouescat, Plougonven, Ploudaniel-bear the patina of time: plou is the ancient Celtic prefix for "parish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: 1,500 at Plouvien | 8/28/1944 | See Source »

...dead German lay in a ditch. In his worn, dirty infantry-private's uniform, he looked like a fallen bronze statue covered with a heavy greyish-green patina-except for the wax-yellow face, the blond hair and the staring blue eyes. He was young, not much over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts, THE ENEMY: A Letter Home | 7/24/1944 | See Source »

...halls of Littauer are soundproofed, and all rooms are lit by the most modern kind of indirect lighting. The desks and chairs of the classrooms are unmarked, bare of the patina that weighs down those of Sever and the New Lecture Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Public Administration Halls House Signal, Radar Units | 8/13/1943 | See Source »

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