Word: peake
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bonnets Off!" Since British landscape painting did not reach its peak until the igth century (with Turner and Constable), it is by its portraiture that 18th century British painting stands or falls. Sir Henry Raeburn (TIME, May 28, 1956), Scotland's greatest painter (he rated the cry of "Bonnets off!" from Highland chiefs), was largely self-taught. His portrait of the two older Ferguson boys, The Archers, was painted when Raeburn was only 31, but in its bold composition device and dramatic lighting it ranks with the best of his work. Allan Ramsay was another Scottish painter, whose paintings...
Florida got ready for the biggest winter tourist rush in its history. Miami hotels are booked solid to mid-March, and incoming airline traffic is running 20% ahead of the 1956 peak. Altogether, 8,500,000 to 9,000,000 outstaters are planning to flock to Florida in the next twelve months-about 1,000,000 more than in the past year. To house the horde, the sun-blessed state is basking in her greatest building boom. In Miami alone, $75 million is going into new tourist facilities, including four new luxury hotels, nine Cadillac-class motels and 59 apartment...
...Lurcy collection of modern French paintings went on sale in New York recently, bringing astronomical prices, these improbable, skyrocketing figures attracted national attention. Actually, this astounding sale only highlights the climax of a trend of many years. The market value of such paintings seemed to have reached a peak five or ten years ago, yet it has doubled or quadrupled during the last few years. Such a state of affairs would seem to be a boon for art dealers; their problems, however, have increased, for the work of most modern French masters is today comfortably settled on the walls...
...billion more than the second quarter. But economists charge all the gain off to price rises; the real value of goods and services produced showed no increase. In October industrial production was down 2 points to 142 on the Federal Reserve Board's index, compared to the boom peak of 147. Though overall employment in October increased slightly to a monthly record of 66 million-and unemployment decreased to 2,500,000-the bulk of the gain was in farm workers; nonfarm workers increased by only 12,000 v. a 317,000 gain in October...
...rich states are holding down the amount of allowable production to hold up the price, and offshore oil has been cut by the general slash. The State of Louisiana, which supplies more than 90% of all offshore oil, has pared its daily offshore allowables from last March's peak of 178,316 bbl. to December...