Word: pencils
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...before his death in 1848, Cole explained that "American scenes are not destitute of historical and legendary associations; the great struggle for freedom has sanctified many a spot, and many a mountain stream and rock has its legend, worthy of the poet's pen or painter's pencil . . . And in looking over the uncultivated scene, the mind may travel far into futurity. Where the wolf roams, the plow shall glisten; on the grey crag shall rise temple and tower...
Beethoven with Guitar Strings. In one camp, Goldberg assembled 14 violinists and a flutist, a piano with 19 keys missing, and a harmonium. Salvaging and pasting together scraps of toilet paper and margins from book leaves, and writing with only a tip of lead from a pencil, Goldberg scored from memory the entire Beethoven Violin Concerto for his little orchestra. He gave the woodwind and bass parts to the harmonium, and gave the piano "all the noise of an orchestra...
...technique consists of using a Geiger counter to locate and outline abnormal tissue in which has been built up a concentration of radioactive phosphorus. A new type of counter the size of a pencil was specially designed for this purpose...
Ballots & Bounces. At his polling place next day, the President of the U.S. had none of the privacy plain citizens are granted. He, Mrs. Truman and daughter Margaret marked their ballots in open cubicles. Cameramen were almost peeping over his shoulder as he put a pencil to his lips and made one mark. As he dropped his vote into a box, a newsman asked him if he had voted the straight Democratic ticket. Said Democrat Truman: "I always follow my own advice . . . I'm the sort that says...
...national amateur trend. TIME'S Art Editor is inclined to think that it is, but the facts and figures to substantiate it are not yet available. At any rate, for the first time many newcomers exhibited their work in water color, tempera, oil, charcoal, and even pencil...